Alfabusa Series General

GW seems to be in general archaic company that hates their fans if their bad PR is any suggestion

Well tough shit to GW; last time I looked parodies were legal. On top of that, a moderate percentage of characters were unique to the series as well, which just adds to the argument for fair use.

I think the issue here is that Alfabusa's technically earning some money from it. Patreon and the like. Total bollocks to cancel him over that, but hey, companies.

Nope, the new infringements policy bans all fan films and animations regardless of monetization status.

Nothing there about monetization.

Well, Games Workshop does love their foot Dakka I guess.

I should note I didn't paraphrase that. That's straight from their own website.

Games Workshop: Intellectual Property Guidelines

I recall watching a video on fair use (by Tom Scott I believe?) that gave the impression that fair use is more narrow than people think it is. From what I gather, the key thing is essentially if your work can act as a reasonable substitute for the official product. For example, when Weird Al makes song parodies, he contacts the creators first and gets permission.

This does suck though. With 40K I was kind of a Fanwork Only Fan. Canon is a bit too dark for my tastes, I liked the sillier take TTS provided. So I'm probably not gonna stay away from 40K for the time being.

Edited by Protagonist506 on Jul 30th 2021 at 12:26:00 PM

The question of whether or not it's technically legal is basically irrelevant, as Bruva pointed out: he doesn't have the time, energy or resources to fight a giant corporation.

Yep, corporations don't need to be right, they just need to have more staying power than the other side.

Which they usually have.

I wonder if Stringstorm will do something similar. Dunno how music works compared to animation.

With music, as long as you declare something a cover (if you're singing it yourself), it's fine. Though using licensed music without permission is still a nono.

Well tough shit to GW; last time I looked parodies were legal. On top of that, a moderate percentage of characters were unique to the series as well, which just adds to the argument for fair use.

As Alfabusa points out and said , while he might very well be legally in the right, that wont matter if GW decides to press the issue, because he'd need to fight them in court, and having a newborn kid, this isn't something he can casually afford or risk, while for GW, a corporation, it's a pittance to drown him in legal battles. And GW is notoriously litigious (Remember when they tried to sue an author for using the word "Space Marine") when they know they are facing someone who doesn't have the resources they do.

Plus none of that changes that the very attitude of GW burns him.

Edited by Ghilz on Jul 30th 2021 at 7:27:00 AM

Doublepost to add:

In good news, Alfabusa's patreon has almost doubled since yesterday so his worries about his new projects getting screwed over by youtube are at least less so now.

Edited by Ghilz on Jul 30th 2021 at 7:47:18 AM

Didn't EU copyright law just get changed recently? I saw on Reddit someone mention that the EU copyright laws may have motivated them to change their policies.

Edited by BattleRaizer on Jul 30th 2021 at 11:11:34 PM

Pretty sure GW is doing that because they want to launch their own streaming site (like virtually everyone and their mother these days) and they see animated fanworks as competition.

It's rarely actually about copyright, it's about maximising profits (or at least how companies like GW think maximising profits works).

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Jul 30th 2021 at 6:23:29 PM

Why would GW care about EU copyright policies when they're British in origin.

... because they want to sell their stuff in the EU?

The last episode made before the Hiatus lads. We'll have to live with the Hiatus for now... if it ever ends.

Special guest appearance by the Void Dragon

Huh, so Kaldor's an Outsider shard or sth? Honestly that exposition segment was weird.

Edited by alekos23 on Aug 5th 2021 at 3:52:15 PM

Keep in mind who is expositing, it may not be totally accurate.

Kitten T.T

By the way, are the Mechanicus that cheesy? I'd heard that the Custodes are among the best units in the tabletop, they got wrecked pretty bad.

Bruva was merciful enough to leave a pinned comment on the second video where he provides spoilers for what the third part (yes, this was supposed to be a three-parter) would have been like. For one, the survivors of Shield-Host Proteus get their hands on the Proteus Protocol and use it to resurrect Kitten, though predictably he came back wrong (implied to be temporary).

BTW... WTH was that creature that was next to Malys and quietly scurried off after she explained her plan? Feels like it's a Chekhov's Gunman.

On a different note, if anyone cares, for a long while I have been writing notes for my own WH40K fanfic that's essentially a reimagining of TTS (no criticism towards Alfabusa's work, I just want to indulge in my own take of the basic premise). Example: That Necron girl from StringStorm's WH40K Idols series (who is actually a pre-existing OC originally named "Lolicron", whose first rendition was drawn by Jo Pereira of Nerf NOW!!)? She's a character, and is the Daddy's Girl of an eccentric Necron Phaeron that made sure his daughter got the best Necrodermis body possible (thus why she's the only one that retains her pre-Great Sleep outer shell and so doesn't look horrifically skeletal), as well as ensured that the non-noble subjects of his dynasty had enough semblance of sentience in them to appreciate his daughter's godlike singing.

The indefinite hiatus of TTS has fanned the flames of my muse for this fanfic just a tad, which is saying something when considering all the priorities that are competing for my attention. If anyone has ideas, feel free to suggest them.

Edited by MarqFJA on Aug 5th 2021 at 11:05:50 AM

Also the Kalestan Robot got surprisingly eloquent before it self destructed.

A sign from everyone's favorite asshole buried in Mars?

On bright news his Patreon's up to over 2k