robkelk Wrote:Spreading the word, at least to rec.arts.anime.misc (one of the few Usenet groups that's still in use and not overrun with spam): news:4fa27f9a.1600156@news.individual.netWhoa. Coolness. Although my troper page is still there after all.
robkelk Wrote:If you're not just blowing off steam, maybe you should send that DMCA takedown notice now. (If you wanted to edit later, that would be a bad idea... but you've already burned that bridge.)I'm not just blowing off steam. But I'm going to wait -- I gave the best notice I could given that I no longer have private messaging any more, and I'm going to play more than fair about it. In fact, when I get home tonight I'm going to see if I can find a direct email address to Fast Eddie and make an even more formal request. I'm not going to use a DMCA takedown as a "get even" smack, as fulfilling as it might feel. After all, the wiki staff didn't violate my copyrights, a user did.
However, I am thinking about finding an IP lawyer, perhaps looking for one doing pro bono question-answering on the Net, and ask one thing. Presumably as a wiki, TVTropes has been protected by the "Safe Harbor" provision which means its operators are not responsible for anything users post, because they can't possibly review everything that might be put up on the site. But if Fast Eddie is now setting himself up as the ultimate and final arbiter of what is allowed on the site, does that void "Safe Harbor" protection for the wiki as a whole and open him to personal liability?
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.