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Gambler wrote...
Since I am not too well-versed with computers, networks and the law, I shall present a noob-ish question.Can the authorities shut a site down if it is hosted on a personal server?
it depends on where that server is located.
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masterpopo2 wrote...
hmm, this conversation kind of hit home for me, because there has always been something that has bothered me about the distribution and sales end of it.seeing as the artists of doujins and fanbooks are using copyrighted characters, (as far as i know) against the consent of the original author, how is it that they are making any money from the product legally? i mean, to me, it would be like if i were to take batman, put him in my own comic, independent from dc and distribute and make money from said comic.
can someone clear my state of confusion? otherwise to me it seems like the original author/distributor really has no rights to tell you what can and cant be distributed online, unless directly asked to via the owner of the original copyrights.
so, if the way i am thinking is correct, then online distribution of doujin and fanart should be in no state of danger at all.
in terms of other things such as music, programs, and video, i cant say the same...
Doujins are legal via the principle of "the companies that own the characters in questions haven't sued anyone yet". Hardly anyone sues over parody, and in Japan it helps that many artists and other creators were (or, in some cases, still are) involved with the doujin community and thus tend to be sympathetic toward it.