DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:
You sure you wanna go that route? The "fair use" is a very vague term. Not even TFS is safe from this.
I stared at your post for about 5 minutes contemplating your mindset... Amazing. And not in a good way. At all.
Anyway, yeah, I'm pretty sure, since:
a) its a parody;
b) it only uses partly the copyright materials in order to create that parody;
c) the fair use doctrine is vague on purpose so that it can not be limited to a specific set of uses. Its meant to refer to a general use;
d) parody is a meant use of the fair use doctrine;
e) its a non-profit work.
There's no doubt in my mind that its a work protected by the right to parody and fair use, and nothing good would come from a draconian copyright protection and prosecution that doesn't even allow something like DBA to exist. And yet, here you are, defending such prosecution, just because you don't like this particular work. Amazing...
DragonBalllKaiHD wrote:I'm just saying why I don't like TFS at all. I never said anything about you guys stopping talk about TFS. I've stated my opinion here. I don't like them. I don't think of their voices when reading the lines in manga (or fan-comic). But one thing I will agree with you about official- both fan-manga and parody series aren't official. But there's difference between these two. Salagir's fan-manga doesn't overshadow the original manga by Toriyama. It will never happen even if it became hugely popular. TFS, on other hand, could potentially prevent the popularity in the dub itself. It does make me sad that some of them actually prefer TFS cast over the official one, even if they've made a huge leap in handling the voice work. It's why I have a strong feeling against TFS.
I guess we should outlaw any fan voice over or fan dub of any partial clip of Dragon Ball Z (unaltered or not), even if its meant only as a parody. I mean, can you imagine if people actually like the voice over? Those poor guys of the official dub... They must be protected! Outlaw them! Sue them! It doesn't matter if its a parody or not, if it only uses partly the copyright materials, if its a profit work or not, if it actually falls under the fair use doctrine under every criteria or not, just grab the torches and pitchforks!
Ridiculous...
DBA doesn't compete with DBZ at all. If someone doesn't know DBZ and sees DBA and likes it, chances are they are going to check out the official product and the true story. And even somebody that knows it, thanks to DBA, chances are that they get a renewed interest in DBZ. As a parody, half of the jokes don't even make sense if someone doesn't know the franchise and the dialog is pretty much all changed and even the story is changed. Even most of the voices wouldn't work in a official dub, they only work because its a parody.
As for this page, maybe i was a bit harsh, but, i still find hard to believe, that Gohan wouldn`t feel Dodoria ki.
