[ SECRET POST #2734 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2734 ⌋

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Comments

[visp]

Eh, isn't like the 50 Shades of Grey lady getting pissed off that people were making fanfiction of her work? I mean, if someone's pirating original content from a small-time artist who relies on that income, that's pretty shitty. However, if you're making your money from infringing on someone else's intellectual property, I don't think you get to be too high and mighty about your own "IP."

[(Anonymous)]

Doujin artists don't dislike theft of their work because it's "infringing on their IP"; doujin artists dislike theft of their work because it's taking control of circulation out of their hands and puts them in legal danger if it becomes too publicized.

[visp]

I'll bet the original writers of those works weren't too fond of the theft of their ideas and others taking control of circulation out of their hands.

[(Anonymous)]

Actually is a pretty accepted thing in Japan? You are just ignorant.

[(Anonymous)]

So it's an acceptable in Japan and creators don't give a fuck, but doujin artists are still constantly worried they'll catch the notice of creators and get in legal trouble?

[(Anonymous)]

It's accepted in Japan BECAUSE it flies under the radar. When it starts catching attention (diverting attention away from the original IP), THEN it becomes problematic for the IP holders.

Western fans don't understand this, because Western fandom has no concept of discretion. (See: All of the fans who tweet fanfic at the actors in their canons.)

[(Anonymous)]

Have there been instances of the fanwork becoming too popular? I'd been interested in hearing about it.

[(Anonymous)]

Where does CLAMP fit into all of this?

They did fanworks/doujinshi and sold them for money. They caught attention, divered attention away from the original IP, and, rather than being considered "problematic", were offered a job. To my knowledge, they weren't ever punished for their fanworks.

They were, however, paid for their fanworks, unlike the poor people on that link.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh please. If the IP holders cared, a half second search of the fandom name on Pixiv will net you links to dozens upon dozens of doujinshi authors and their works. Some series even have official fanbooks that doujinshi authors participate in. The IP holders already know who the doujinshi authors are. The thing that will get them in trouble isn't Westerners scanning their works, it's the authors starting to make significant amounts of money. It's no different than how, say, no one cares that the HP Lexicon exists as a website, but as soon as the owner tried to make an actual money-making book out of it JKR's lawyers jumped in with a LOLNO.

[(Anonymous)]

This, basically. Doujinshi is allowed by IP holders because they view it as being a sort of free advertising for them. Doujinshi artists don't make much (if any) profit off their works; they generally make enough money to cover the printing costs and that's about it. The IP holders don't mind because doujinshi isn't meant to be profitable to the artists, it's done out of a love for the fandom.

It's very common for doujinshi artists to go on to become professional mangaka - see CLAMP, Minekura Kazuya, Tsukishimaya, etc. Most of them were discovered through their doujinshi and then offered a chance to do original work. In fact, Tsukishimaya in particular was a fanartist who did Tales of doujinshi and wound up being asked to do the illustrations for one of the official Tales of novelizations.

The relationship between IP holders and doujinshi artists is a symbiotic one. The only time it would become an issue would be if the doujinshi artists started earning significant money off their fanworks. Otherwise, the IP holders don't care.

[(Anonymous)]

I've never personally believed that argument, not in the age of sites like Pixiv where professional anime industry workers have their own accounts there. The media companies are aware of fanart and they clearly don't give too many fucks, so why are doujin artists so worked up over it?