Wiredgeek Wrote:Well, DS, it's your fault, really.. I wouldn't have to go jaunting around the decaying underbelly of the internet in my HATRED POWERED STEAM VELOCIPEDE if I wasn't driven to such lengths to jar you out of your apathy..PonyArchive's response probably didn't help much. Their initially response to the C&D was to state, in a rather impolite manner, that they were not based in the US, so US law didn't affect them, and that they intended to continue doing what they had been doing. When the site was forced down, they put up another site with the same name but a different extension, and put on that site a message to Hasbro that began "F#@& you, Hasbro" (Censorship mine).
....and there's a fic idea. ow.
In other Pony news, to keep this at least vaugely on-thread, Ponyarchive, a non-US host for 1080p (color-corrected, even) streams and DLs of FIM episodes with an average turnaround time of 2-4 hours from air, has gone dark, and done so badly. Hasbro threatened legal action, and things have gone pear-shaped since then. I would be 100% in favor of hasbro.. if their was a legitimate source available in good time outside the US.
... Not the best way to respond to a C&D request, if you ask me.
Edit:
This was PonyArchive's initial response: (Source)
Quote:------- Original Message --------Yeah...
Subject: Re: Infringement of Hasbro Inc.’s MY LITTLE PONY® Copyrights and
Trademarks
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:47:32 +0100
From:
[CENSORED]
Hi
Thanks for your consern. Since we are merely spreading friendship and
magic we feel that we're protected by princess Celestia herself.
Also, we are not based in the US - so US law does not apply to us.
Please feel free to download the episodes from our website in order to
learn about accepting, friendship and happyness too.
Have a nice one
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.