Some fans push the envelope with their fanfic stories but can they go too far? This pic is funny as hell 2 me but I can understand why some companies might get a little upset if their characters are used inappropriately. Can you imagine the fan fiction that goes along with this image? Sesame Street is so family friendly and wholesome and this image is NOT. It’s probably hard for companies to monitor and sort through what’s appropriate fanfic and what is not… so they probably just decide to take legal action against everybody.
I don’t read a lot of fan fiction but I do watch fanvids on youtube. A lot of the times the vidders/creators will put disclaimers in the description box of their youtube vids like —–> Disclaimer: I do not own anything but the editing! The song belongs to The Fray and their record label and the clips belong to whoever owns them. I DO NOT make any profits from this video, which makes this video legal to post under section 107, “fair use” of the copyright act 1976. I Just Make Videos For Fun So Please Don’t Sue Me! NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED AT ALL!
Yeah, I’ve noticed more and more of those statements on YouTube. I wonder if they really work for those video producers though. I actually just presented a paper on social media policy, in which professionals recommend adding a statement like that on an employee social media site, but that’s not really a catch all for protection of an employee or company. I guess it just all comes down to judgement and whether or not a brand has been diluted.
The meme reminds me the short lived show Wonder Showzen. The Show was a sketch comedy show that parodied PBS childerns shows like Sesame Street with an strong adult behavior. Moving on I feel that certain artist have different views of copy right Infringement on youtube. For example I have a friend who would take his flip camera to every show he went to and film the band playing then post it on his youtube channel. Some of the content of certain artist would be taken down within a matter of hours, while other content from different artist still remains on youtube.
This is cute but I can see where this would upset the creators of Sesame Street. Some times i think fans can go a little bit too far.