Of fandom and intellectual property (but not like you think)

[sophie_448]

I know you don't see me around SPN fandom much anymore. Okay, okay, at all really. (I'm not dead, I'm resting!) But something's come up that I think as many people as possible should be aware of.

So, you know Zazzle, right? (Like CafePress only better, but less successful). Well, eons ago (I'm fairly sure it was mid 2007) I created some

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[almightyspaz]

You know what's sad, that people have been selling their Twilight related crap on Etsy, and you get in trouble for a word that the fans coined, not the writers. If I remember correctly, Kripke made a comment on one of the commentaries about how the fans coined the term, not him.

I'm afraid I can't help you, simply because I know very little of copyright.

[sophie_448]

Yeah, it's so hard to figure out what's even going on when it seems like things that are blatantly infringing get sold without comment, and then claims are made on things that the studio didn't even create.

[quarterwhore]

What assholes.

Seriously, the level of assholery is just baffling.

"Metallicar" is not a licensed, registered trademark as far as I know.

I don't know why this makes me RAAAAAAAAGE but it does.

Sorry, bb. :(

[sophie_448]

The only way I can figure that they could remotely claim rights is if they bought them from Bravo (who own TWOP, and arguably all content posted on those boards), but honestly, even if they have some kind of claim to legitimacy, it's STILL SKEEVY.

[zeerine]

This has me sad and RAGEful at the same time, freaking asshats.

unbelievable - skeevy is the kindest description

[thecappyboy]

I'd like to think that fandom is a place where people of all sorts can play and hopefully make things better by seeing new and different ways of looking at the world. Reading this post has made me sad and wiser but entirely disgusted by corporate stupidity and greed

[lapillus]

It might be worth dropping EFF (http://www.eff.org/) a note and see if they have any suggested responses.