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[gothtk14]

Hey remember the time when pokemon characters showed up in DMFA. What about if Digimon, Yu-gi-oh!, Zoids, or other shows showed up in DMFA it would be hilarious.

[Tapewolf]

Amber's trying to to keep DMFA within her own copyright, so that's highly unlikely, IMHO.
(see also http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_121.php )

[Valynth]

Well, if the characters are originally from Japan, then you could draw and use them all day long without violating copyright, because Japan doesn't have any copyright laws.

You might want to research that though.

[Sid]

Well, if the characters are originally from Japan, then you could draw and use them all day long without violating copyright, because Japan doesn't have any copyright laws.

...I'm not exactly a copyright lawyer, but I HONESTLY doubt that Japan doesn't have copyright laws. You got any sort of proof to back that one up? O.o

On-topic, I think that crossovers aren't the best idea. Like, at all. No matter what the crossover is with, you're bound to exclude parts of your readership because there will be people who don't know or like the crossing series and thus get a lot less enjoyment of the whole thing.

[Roureem Egas]

Hey remember the time when pokemon characters showed up in DMFA. What about if Digimon, Yu-gi-oh!, Zoids, or other shows showed up in DMFA it would be hilarious.

I'm guessing you're related to ShiningShdow. :p

Well, if the characters are originally from Japan, then you could draw and use them all day long without violating copyright, because Japan doesn't have any copyright laws.

You might want to research that though.

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I doubt that solely on the fact that I see the little copyright symbol on the game trailers I've been poring over. I doubt any country in the world is without some copyright protection.

[Tapewolf]

Well, if the characters are originally from Japan, then you could draw and use them all day long without violating copyright, because Japan doesn't have any copyright laws.

Are you thinking of China?  While I can see how you'd get that impression, they do have copyright laws, although enforcement is admittedly supposed to be lax.

[Zedd]

Sides if you codmit a kidnapping in china they'll cap your arse by the hands of the parent

[Reese Tora]

oh, they have copywrite laws.  You may be confusing a lack of laws with a lack of concern by the community that fan-translates anime.  Normally, fan-translated work ignores the japanese copywrite because they feel that they are not in danger of being sued over infringement.  They stop when the anime comes to America because the anime is then a shared property with an american company, and they are now competing with said american company, giving it the right and a reason to sue for infringement.  It's not that copywrite suddenly applies, it's that the copywrite is now likely to be enforced.

[ShiningShadow]

Hey remember the time when pokemon characters showed up in DMFA. What about if Digimon, Yu-gi-oh!, Zoids, or other shows showed up in DMFA it would be hilarious.

I'm guessing you're related to ShiningShdow. :p


No! NOT TRUE *well there was that incident at the cloning lab many years ago but that  besides the point!* Anywho i think there are copywright laws up the wazoo ready to pounce on anybody who infringes. The people are very strict on these matters and when you get your first Cease and Desisit order you pay attention to the law.

[gothtk14]

Trust me I am not related to ShiningShadow

[Netami]

what is ur pwr lvl?

[gothtk14]

mine?

[Zina]

The correct answer would have been "It's over NINE THOUSAAAAAAND."
And we all would have laughed at your internet smarts. All of us.

[Supercheese]

I declare this thread to now be about dog biscuits.

[Aridas]

dog biscuits are a lie. they taste nothing like is said.

[superluser]

Well, if the characters are originally from Japan, then you could draw and use them all day long without violating copyright, because Japan doesn't have any copyright laws.

You might want to research that though.

BWAAHAHAHAHA!

I think you're confusing Japan with the Principality of Seeland which, while it may have copyright laws, is not a party to the Berne Convention (or any other treaty, really).

[Zedd]

*eating some the biscuits dressed up as a maid*

[Roureem Egas]

What? No desu?

[Zedd]

DESU! *some the treats in my mouth and makes peace sign*

[Jack McSlay]

if I remember correctly, copyright laws are international. the difference is that in Japan the owners doesn't seem to care, instead they seem to enjoy the cheap propaganda for whatever reason. it is a fact that a bunch of people actually makes doujinshi with clear copyright infringements and make a living out of it yet the creators of the characters doesn't seem to care.
different from U.S. productions, Disney always seems to be hunting for them, and Microsoft killed halogen.

now for DMFA, I prefer to see it free of chars from games/animes, I like it because it's an original production.






dog food? yay!

[superluser]

if I remember correctly, copyright laws are international.

Copyright laws are not international.  If you receive copyright protection in one country, that country's laws have little to do with whether that copyright is enforceable in another.  What matters is whether that other country has laws that state that it will enforce copyrights from your country.

For example, a lot of the EU changed copyright laws from a term of life plus 50 to a term of life plus 70 years for works created by a single author.  Their copyright status didn't change in the US until 1996, and then under very strange rules.  Even if the copyright had expired, the copyright was restored, but not for life plus 70 like in the portions of the EU.  Instead, it was restored to life plus 50 if the work were published after 1978, but 95 years (regardless of life) if it were published before.

Confused?  It gets worse.  See, in Twin Books v. Disney...

For more information on international copyright, consult your local library!  If you're in the US, I suggest circulars 38a and 38b.

[ShiningShadow]

I do'nt want to get in trouble with the law international or otherwise. Those guys have no sense of humor whatsoever. I think they come from the same gene pool as our airline security  .

[Roureem Egas]

Theft isn't supposed to be funny you know.

[Kenji]

Theft isn't supposed to be funny you know.

What if you steal a clown? o:

[ShiningShadow]

Theft isn't supposed to be funny you know.

What if you steal a clown? o:

A funny theft? 

[Brunhidden]

removing clowns from the world can only increase the ambient humor levels

Cant sleep, clowns will eat me

[ShiningShadow]

Either that or we willhave a world full of normal people *bleah*  .

[Caswin]

Theft isn't supposed to be funny you know.

O RLY?

[ShiningShadow]

Theft isn't supposed to be funny you know.

O RLY?

I love it so wrong but so funny at the same time.

[gothtk14]

Awsome