The Fandom vs Six Apart trainwreck

[matgb]

Briefly, for obvious reasons I've been busy and not following too closely last few days, but on the most recent news I concur win demiurgent (Eric Burns of websnark). I've said a few times here and elsewhere that while the law itself in the US is fairly clear, there are grey areas that will need a test case; where does the boundary lie? One thing I'm sure of, Eric:

Six Apart doesn't want this to be a test case. But I promise you fanfiction communities really don't want this as a test case.

Because while 6A may have broken Californian consumer law (really, not my field), doing this:

They stated that they had received a number of complaints, and that they were contacting Six Apart to try and act as a liason between the unhappy consumers and the company. He did say that he would be contacting me, should Six Apart fail to respond, and that they may need me to provide further information "for legal action against this company by our office on behalf of the consumers".

Almost certainly going to cause more trouble than it solves. Legal spotlight, front and centre, on Lj & 6A. Therefore to include child porn allegations, copyright infringements, etc. The CA AG may not go that way, but it'll get publicity, and other lawyers.

Read the comments of that IJ post; the person who's started it has NO IDEA that this could cause other issues. Houston? We have a problem...

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Lovely lunch now finished, back to work...

Comments

[dainul.livejournal.com]

Is there something written below "fictional" in your icon? I'm not certainly whether or not I'm imagining things.

[innerbrat]

Yes, there is, in fact the word "PVNC" written underneath.

You get pointsif you can identify the fandom and the annual wank to which is refers.

[matgb]

I can; can I have points too?

Oh, wait, I know because you told me ages ago. That's not cheating is it?

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

As in fabricati diem, pvnc?

I didn't NEED anyone to tell me that one ;)

Mmmmmmmmmmmm Vimes...

[innerbrat]

The icon as a whole, dear.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

Oh well, no points for me, then...

[matgb]

It's from Night Watch, and the annual "we must wear lilacs" fuss in Pratchett fandom, people really missing the point of the whole "were you there" aspect.

I only really know this because Debi mentions it every year, but the icons are about.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I knew it was from Night Watch, but I didn't realise that fandom was that stupid...