Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post! While I don't consider myself an expert at all, I like to think I have a decent understanding of copyright issues, thanks to sites like chillingeffects.org and people like Cory Doctorow. It pains me when people have to cave to a 'cease and desist' just because they don't have the resources, time, or energy to fight back. It gives the impression to others that the C&D was actually appropriate.
My contention is that scans_daily itself is the conversation. Not every post needs X amount of associated commentary. The pace and flow of conversation, or lack of it (ie. no responses), is all part of how these comics are being discussed. One person holds up an image and says, "What do you think of this?" and others respond, or not. If this were novels_daily, we'd be posting excerpts and plot summaries in text form. I don't see C&Ds being issued against random people for posting movie spoilers. Images should not - and do not - get special protection.
I'm so tempted to do stick figures or ascii art of Marvel stuff...
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My contention is that scans_daily itself is the conversation. Not every post needs X amount of associated commentary. The pace and flow of conversation, or lack of it (ie. no responses), is all part of how these comics are being discussed. One person holds up an image and says, "What do you think of this?" and others respond, or not. If this were novels_daily, we'd be posting excerpts and plot summaries in text form. I don't see C&Ds being issued against random people for posting movie spoilers. Images should not - and do not - get special protection.
I'm so tempted to do stick figures or ascii art of Marvel stuff...