Better Copyright Through Fair Use and Ponies

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 27, 2011 @04:13PM from the omg-fair-use dept.

Balinares writes "With even harmless parody sites like Peanutweeter now getting shut down by twitchy lawyers in the name of brand dilution concerns, the situation with fair use has become bleak. Yet some companies are learning at last. Variery reports that when parodies of their latest production started popping up online, Hasbro not only allowed it to happen, but started contributing some of their own. Now their My Little Pony reboot has gained a huge following and reached cult status. Fair use does make everything better. That, or it's the ponies."

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Re:Oh god. by bersl2 · 2011-07-27 18:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm trying not to troll here
Try harder
He was not trolling. Do you want to hear trolling?
GGP HAS A 7-DIGIT UID! WHAT A NOOB! AND IT'S NOT EVEN IN THE FIRST TWO MILLION!
GP DESERVES A (Score:5, Flamebait)!
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(No, that isn't trolling either. I just wanted an excuse to link to relevant things. because poni.)