[ SECRET POST #2756 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2756 ⌋

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Comments

[miku_hatsune]

I... don't understand the comparison here. Bootlegs are generally looked down upon because they're copies of actual merchandise and typically are complete garbage in quality (ie- 99% of fake nendoroids). Fan stuff is... fan stuff? I've never seen fanstuff made to trick people into buying because they think they're getting the actual thing?

[mekkio]

You have a point.

Though, I think subby is saying more of everyone is making off something they did not create. That bootlegs and fanart are the same on that level.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it's about the trickery, per se, but about the violation of intellectual property that doesn't belong to you. If I were to make Hello Kitty purses and sell them on Etsy, that's technically not legal. People get away with it because it's difficult to enforce, so that gives it an air of legality, but... yeah, still violation of someone else's intellectual property.

[(Anonymous)]

This. There's a big difference between a bootleg product that can take sales away from legitimate merchandise and something that everyone involved knows is fan-made.

Also, a lot of times I've found that fan-made stuff fills a hole, in a sense. One of my favorite canons has almost no official merchandise, so it's not like I even have the option of purchasing stuff for it (which I would if it existed, for the record). If I want anything, I have to buy fan-made items.

So it's not hurting the creators because there IS no official merchandise to purchase instead.

[(Anonymous)]

I think there's also a difference in the amount of work and effort one has to put in for each. Bootlegs (if we're talking about things like movies and anime) require very little effort to produce. As opposed to fan stuff, some of it is down right intricate as fuck. Some of it would've taken hours to make. And personally, I'm alright with someone selling their fan work on the basis of the amount of work put into it.