@Dimitrimx If you can find open Yahoo questions about anime, that's a good way to do it. They'll usually generate a few clicks through to the source. It's better if we already have the answer here, but if not, we can use that as a way to generate more seeding questions as well.
My position: Linking to (or embedding) fan subs or scanlations should not be allowed, but as you said, benign mention of them should be fine. "____ fansub said this, but ...?"
@Mysticial Here's an example where I linked to a post on animesuki (which is a very questionable site in terms of copyright), and the post is by a fansubber, but the post itself isn't violating anything:
There is no mention of the exact contents of the notebook in the original VN or the anime. There are a couple of short sequel games which I have not gone through, so in principle there could be some explanation there, but given how important this is I doubt they'd want to relegate it to a side-ga...
@Eric I don't think so. AFAIK we need to follow US law, but other countries we don't need to worry about. Admittedly that's just from what I could glean off of Wikipedia's anime articles.
@Eric here's the short for the DCMA: if you are a foreign copyright holder and think you might ever want to sue in the United States for infringement, you should register your works with the USCO and keep those registrations up to date
As per discussion in chat, we feel that meta tags are affecting SEO traffic to the site.
Our reasoning is that since SE automatically appends tags to the title, if none of the tags are already in the title, it will take the most popular tag and add it to the title.
This is great if there's only...
As part of the 4th chat discussion, we covered the status of meta tags.
Examples of meta tags are:
characters
character-abilities
variations
plot-explanation
The questions we discussed are:
Do we need them? Do they contribute anything?
If not, should we just eliminate them. (and blacklist ...
@AnnaLear So the question are we allowed to link to sites that violate copyright. For example, an answer references a fansub forum. But the fansub group facilitates illegal content distribution.
looper's answer is correct but not quite complete. This answer will be based on the manga, mostly because I don't immediately have access to the anime, but also because I'm not sure how much of this is explained in the anime. Kanon's arc is flags (aka chapters) 7-10 in the manga.
As the other an...
I personally think it's fine as long as the fansub/scanlation isn't the subject of the question or answer, if ppl do cite them as sources they should be tertiary at best
We provide instructions for reporting copyright violations directly to us at the end of the Terms of Service. This allows the copyright holder to reach us if they want to dispute anything.
@Deidara-senpai They can't do a thing. The worst case is that they block anime.SE Then it boils down to risk evaluation. Allow content and risk loss of ad revenue from getting blocked?
@AnnaLear I think that answers it pretty much completely. We should allow these things as long as it's relevant. If it's irrelevant we shouldn't allow it anyway.
So far as your site policy goes, you should decide what you all are comfortable with. Some sites, for example, explicitly disallow questions about hacks or pirated software.
If there is a problem with some type of content that is regularly posted here, we'll come talk to you about it and adjust the site's policy at that point.
I think that's a good policy to have. Like Krazer said, as long as it's not the subject (like: "Where do I find scanlations of _____ manga?"), it should be permitted or at least considered.
Far as embedding clips of Youtube videos goes... youtube will probably be way more on the ball than anyone else about shutting down anything that violates copyright. :) With that in mind, I suggest discouraging answers that are nothing but a Youtube link.
@AnnaLear I agree on both points. They should definitely be a last resort as somewhat-copyright-issue-ish stuff is often removed. More content-based answers are always better.
While we're on the topic of copyright, I think we should also discuss our community ads. Some of them apparently are from copyrighted sources and we should make sure the ones we use are legally allowed.
The way I understand the Copyright Law, if you take someone's stuff and make something new, then you get to keep the Copyright for the thing you created.
US Law states the following about Fair Use:
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the
reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as
criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and
research. Section 107 also sets out four factors...
> the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:
#1) We are using their copyrighted material to advertise for our site, which fails completely. #2) Copyrighted material is basically for-profit artwork. We fail this one too. #3) We aren't using very much, so we're okay here. #4) No significant effect.
@AnnaLear so we could interpret that as being ads for the community, and not for the site, or something like that? meaning that the intention is not to make money, but rather to draw attention
If there is a legal problem, it will be brought to us. Then we'll handle it if it needs handling and pass the results on down to you if necessary. So, my advice would be to avoid doing something obviously boneheaded, but otherwise don't overthink it. :)
@Deidara-senpai I think the point is that we shouldn't worry about these things at all. SE has lawyers and they comply with the relevant laws, so in the worst case we'll have some content removed. We should just focus on anime Q&A.
As part of the 4th chat discussion, we covered the status of meta tags.
Examples of meta tags are:
characters
character-abilities
variations
plot-explanation
The questions we discussed are:
Do we need them? Do they contribute anything?
If not, should we just eliminate them. (and blacklist ...
As part of the 4th chat discussion, we covered the status of meta tags.
Examples of meta tags are:
characters
character-abilities
variations
plot-explanation
The questions we discussed are:
Do we need them? Do they contribute anything?
If not, should we just eliminate them. (and blacklist ...
What do we do about questions or answers which contain questionably copyrighted material?
This includes:
Embedded scanlation images
YouTube links to episodes or parts of them
Links to fansub groups
We've set our Google+ and Facebook pages up, but a new problem arises, what do we put there?
How do we handle these pages in a way that will attract people and will make them aware of our existence?
In our 4th chat session, we have decided to choose a manager for our Facebook account.
This person should have enough free time to maintain our page there, and be well familiarized with the interface of the site. He/she should also be well-versed in a lot of anime and manga, allowing him/her t...
In our 4th chat session, we have decided to choose a manager for our Google+ page.
This person should have enough free time to maintain our page there, and be well familiarized with the interface of the site. He/she should also be well-versed in a lot of anime and manga, allowing him/her to po...
As part of the 4th chat discussion, we covered the status of meta tags.
Examples of meta tags are:
characters
character-abilities
variations
plot-explanation
The questions we discussed are:
Do we need them? Do they contribute anything?
If not, should we just eliminate them. (and blacklist ...
US Law states the following about Fair Use:
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the
reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as
criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and
research. Section 107 also sets out four factors...
