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Into The Omegaverse: How furry fanfic tropes landed in federal court - Featuring LegalEagle, Contrapoints, Caitlin Doughty, and more
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- Title
- Into The Omegaverse: How a Fanfic Trope Landed in Federal Court
- Authors
- Lindsay Ellis
- Duration
- 1:04:35
- Published
- Sep 3 2020
This entire thing is just an absolutely amazingly wonderful clusterfuck.
Here's a link to the NYT story that Lindsay mentions: A Feud in Wolf-Kink Erotica Raises a Deep Legal Question
She also did a follow-up video a few weeks ago: Addison Cain's lawyer e-mailed me, and it only got worse from there
Reddit thread if you want to read a long text post instead of watching an hour long video (or do both).
On of my favorite episodes of All Lawyers Are Bastards was a deep dive into this case. If you'd like to hear three funny lawyers dig into the merits of this case as it was filed from a reading of the court documents, I'd recommend it: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alab-series/id1477059799?i=1000482446943
Law based podcast? Sign me the fuck up and no I won't bother to read the terms of use!
For non-apple people: https://www.alabseries.com/episodes/episode-13-there-will-be-knots
The only problem with the show is that they put out new episodes so infrequently. But I always get excited when a new episode finally drops.
Honestly, I'm fine with that. I have so much going on so often that I find it difficult to follow any regularly scheduled content which is doubly annoying for me as if it's something I like I tend to get into a completionist mindset and want to go through it all. It's one thing to have a moment and be surprised "Oh, there's a new episode!" and another to have the same moment and see there are seven new episodes and you have time for maybe two.
The infrequency of episodes is one of the many reasons I like Dan Carlin as well.
Oh, man. That feeling a new Hardcore History drops is very nice.
You know it! Just seeing an episode drop is an instant mini-dopamine hit. Check if it's a full 4-6 hour episode or a 1-2 hour addendum, ask yourself if you have time now or need to open up some time later.
Although of all the long podcasts I've encountered Dan is one that you don't have to consume all at once if you don't have the time. Back when I commuted to work I'd take them in 90 minute chunks on the train.
My favorite way to do Hardcore History is while playing Civ V. Just hits correctly.
If you didn't watch the video, Lindsay Ellis credits that episode with helping her piece together the timeline for the lawsuits she discussed in her video.
The video was draining. I was interested in the legal stuff, but the internet fandom BS seemed to be a drain (as well as a lack of sleep, possibly).
I think it's a fascinating situation that I will never talk about in polite society that deals with the legality of fanfiction and the specifics of genre tropes and copyright, and it was really informative. As somebody who is concerned with copyright, it was a great watch.
Fair take, it's a lot to ingest and I skipped everything I didn't already know through the reddit link above, the NYT article, all of the clips for jokes, and any time she read excerpts from the book. So overall it was about 20 minutes for me, the right arrow key on my keyboard is happy it's over.