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Take this with a grain of salt, but as to your first question on the copyright status of fanfiction:
www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14...
www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14...
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Take this with a grain of salt, but as to your first question on the copyright status of fanfiction:
www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14...
www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14...
I'm not confident enough about my knowledge of copyright law to give an answer to your first question (I went to law school and I'm licensed to practice law, but my copyright law knowledge ends with the 1 class I took for it), but for 50 Shades of Gray...
jipel.law.nyu.edu/is-fanfictio...
jipel.law.nyu.edu/is-fanfictio...
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I'm not confident enough about my knowledge of copyright law to give an answer to your first question (I went to law school and I'm licensed to practice law, but my copyright law knowledge ends with the 1 class I took for it), but for 50 Shades of Gray...
jipel.law.nyu.edu/is-fanfictio...
jipel.law.nyu.edu/is-fanfictio...
Mamdani: for your betrayal, I sentence you to high-density zoning
Cuomo +40 areas:
Cuomo +40 areas:
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Mamdani: for your betrayal, I sentence you to high-density zoning
Cuomo +40 areas:
Cuomo +40 areas:
the duality of man
October 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
the duality of man
Englishman after several failed ventures in The Orient:
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Englishman after several failed ventures in The Orient:
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
a film by Buster Keaton
a film by Buster Keaton
October 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
a film by Buster Keaton
a film by Buster Keaton
"WE'RE GOING TO CRASH"
"BUT THE INSTRUMENTS SAID WE'RE STILL 10,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND"
Plane:
"BUT THE INSTRUMENTS SAID WE'RE STILL 10,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND"
Plane:
October 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"WE'RE GOING TO CRASH"
"BUT THE INSTRUMENTS SAID WE'RE STILL 10,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND"
Plane:
"BUT THE INSTRUMENTS SAID WE'RE STILL 10,000 FEET ABOVE GROUND"
Plane:
Trump, after being meekly questioned by his toadies whether today's impoundment of Congressionally-appropriated funding is illegal:
October 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Trump, after being meekly questioned by his toadies whether today's impoundment of Congressionally-appropriated funding is illegal:
>Get turned into a beekeeping servitor
Downside: I'm now a servitor
Upside: knowing the aesthetics of the Imperium, my servitor form would probably look like a metal version of this
Downside: I'm now a servitor
Upside: knowing the aesthetics of the Imperium, my servitor form would probably look like a metal version of this
October 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
>Get turned into a beekeeping servitor
Downside: I'm now a servitor
Upside: knowing the aesthetics of the Imperium, my servitor form would probably look like a metal version of this
Downside: I'm now a servitor
Upside: knowing the aesthetics of the Imperium, my servitor form would probably look like a metal version of this
What began as a conflict over whether emulsified cheese dips (ex: Velveeta) are "real cheese" escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds...
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What began as a conflict over whether emulsified cheese dips (ex: Velveeta) are "real cheese" escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds...
Everyone forgets this rule whenever they try and throw verbal hands with Menswear Guy
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Everyone forgets this rule whenever they try and throw verbal hands with Menswear Guy
Korean food also does this sometimes, like this bibimbap dish which is basically a korean salad + a bit of meat (often ground beef) on rice, seasoned with gochujang
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Korean food also does this sometimes, like this bibimbap dish which is basically a korean salad + a bit of meat (often ground beef) on rice, seasoned with gochujang
Mentally I'm here rn
September 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Mentally I'm here rn
Out of curiosity, what would be the proper UK term for one of these: deli meat, cheese, and sliced/leafy vegetables between a baguette loaf that's been cut in half lengthwise?
September 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Out of curiosity, what would be the proper UK term for one of these: deli meat, cheese, and sliced/leafy vegetables between a baguette loaf that's been cut in half lengthwise?
Somehow, sandwich alignment chart discourse has returned
September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Somehow, sandwich alignment chart discourse has returned
Me realizing that 40k could save the US
September 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Me realizing that 40k could save the US
The centrist pundit of those times
September 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The centrist pundit of those times
He thinks Alito and Thomas believe in the rule of law at this point? Goodness gracious
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
He thinks Alito and Thomas believe in the rule of law at this point? Goodness gracious
I'd be curious to see what effect H-1B Visas might have on native non-college educated workers. The paper seems to discuss them briefly and mentions that there might be slightly negative effects for such people, but the focus of the paper seems on other things
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'd be curious to see what effect H-1B Visas might have on native non-college educated workers. The paper seems to discuss them briefly and mentions that there might be slightly negative effects for such people, but the focus of the paper seems on other things
Elsewhere in the thread, it's discussed that a lot of the elite medieval literature Tolkien was drawing from similarly required less sex
September 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Elsewhere in the thread, it's discussed that a lot of the elite medieval literature Tolkien was drawing from similarly required less sex
Ancient Roman guy: Well, at least these Americans have the good sense to build multiple Circus Maximuses
September 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ancient Roman guy: Well, at least these Americans have the good sense to build multiple Circus Maximuses