SquidgeWorld Updated TOS
Jul. 7th, 2021 10:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
squidgestatusBased on some things I've been seeing around AO3 and Tumblr, I updated the SquidgeWorld Terms of Service. The Terms of Service are here: https://www.squidgeworld.org/tos
The text of the additions is here:
The text of the additions is here:
NEW - Added July 7th, 2021: Users will not add any link, in their profiles or in their profiles or in any posted work or comment that points to a fundraiser of any kind including, but not limited to, Patreon, Ko-Fi, or the like. The only exception to this is in the case of a piece of work that is of original work, meaning the fandom used is Original Work, and no other fandom is listed. The work must have original characters at all, and must not utilize any aspect of a fandom such as characters or relationships that stray from the "Original" characters and relationships listed in the child tags to the Original Work tag. You may, however, link to an off-site (non Squidge.org property) profile such as your Tumblr profile or such, and that site may link to whatever you'd like. Fanfiction and other fan works are guaranteed under the "Fair Use" clause, and are protected as long as the person posting it makes no money off of the work. People linking to Patreon or such and making money off of fanworks submit the SquidgeWorld Archive into legal jeopardy.
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Date: 2021-07-11 02:23 pm (UTC)So, if we're talking about intellectual honesty; there really is no possible conflict on that issue alone.
As far as copyright law goes; violating copyright is far more bother than it is worth, no matter if someone gets away with it or not- it is infinitely far easier to go with making up one's own story inside another person's universe and including a disclaimer than to violate copyright as it turns out.
As for the claims of rank; that's never going to work at all in your favor, but the situation is with intellectual honesty is completely agreed with immediately.
However, if you fear them coming after you, you pretty much make sure they will as it turns out.
Paid for writing fanfiction; basically that alone violates copyright law, not to mention the even more binding, and rightly so, matter of intellectual honesty.
The only way anyone would be able to be paid for a fanfiction is with a written contract with the copyright holder; anything else is highly illegal.