SOPA is at it again..=_=

I just had an email, and I'm raging!

SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) are back in action, with the goal of shutting down sites that have fan fictions, fan role plays, and fan art, including deviant art, YouTube, and possibly AFF.

They claim the sites are breaking copyright law, however this isn't 100% true! As someone who works in media, I know that it's illegal to sell copyrighted material that is claimed as your own. For example; if I was to take SHINee's song, put my own words in and sell it, then it's illegal as the backing track is still SM property. However, no one here is selling ideas, just sharing.

Sure, I had an idea that a few of my own stories could be made into live series, but I only own the plot idea, not the characters, therefore it's not breaking any laws.

The biggest issue I have is with YouTube, where many companies use it to advertise their products, songs, films, etc. so banning it will cause millions of companies to lose that advertising option. Let's admit it, the reason we are here is because we saw kpop on YouTube! The site is really good at managing copyrighted materials, so why does another company (who has been banned a few times apparently) need to step in for them? Answer: THEY DON'T!

Now about the asian fan fictions, the companies don't care about them! The artists know, and may even read some! SM even knows about them; it was a story plot  with a YunJae fic in TVXQ's short drama "Dangerous Love". If it bothered the companies, it would have been banned over 10 years ago!

Petitions are going around to stop it, but I doubt that they will get the court's vote. It's stupid, everyone is aware of copyright, and all they want to do is make a fuss to get publicity.

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