We do want to take fair use seriously (which is indeed in part due to our position with the mass media)
So basically the fannish conventions wrt treating fanartists had to go in Fanlore's policies to make the OTW be more consistent in the non-fannish media?
I frankly don't care about whether or not Fanlore would have the legal right to take my art under certain circumstances, or whether the OTW considers it strategically important to exercise that right against fans like me (someone who couldn't afford to take legal actions anyway to stop anyone), to show that fans might also be free to do the same to some international megacorp. I expect that as a supposedly fannish site Fanlore acts like a fannish site towards a fellow fan, i.e. with more consideration than legal protection already grants, just like Fanlore does in the questions of identity protection questions.
It's good to hear though that removal is at least a possible outcome of complaining. I also interpreted the FAQ text to be that the chance for it was about as good as to find a snowball in hell.
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So basically the fannish conventions wrt treating fanartists had to go in Fanlore's policies to make the OTW be more consistent in the non-fannish media?
I frankly don't care about whether or not Fanlore would have the legal right to take my art under certain circumstances, or whether the OTW considers it strategically important to exercise that right against fans like me (someone who couldn't afford to take legal actions anyway to stop anyone), to show that fans might also be free to do the same to some international megacorp. I expect that as a supposedly fannish site Fanlore acts like a fannish site towards a fellow fan, i.e. with more consideration than legal protection already grants, just like Fanlore does in the questions of identity protection questions.
It's good to hear though that removal is at least a possible outcome of complaining. I also interpreted the FAQ text to be that the chance for it was about as good as to find a snowball in hell.