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#18526: Feb 23rd 2016 at 11:24:19 AM

Like my hypothetical Shadow Dragons!

<.< I've mentioned before that I would have liked GT's Shadow Dragons better if they were trying to repossess the wishes that made them. So, like, the weakest Dragon wants to take back the panties Oolong got, while the most powerful are the ones trying to return Mass Resurrection recipients to their graves.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#18527: Feb 23rd 2016 at 11:27:33 AM

That sounds way better than what we got.

WillDeRegio Since: Jan, 2015
#18528: Feb 23rd 2016 at 11:36:15 AM

Eternally Dead Dragon, either grants corrupted wishes, or grants the opposite of your wish.

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#18529: Feb 23rd 2016 at 11:46:49 AM

So if you are dead and wish to be alive, he'd kill you.

And if you are poor and wish to have less money, he'd make you rich.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#18530: Feb 23rd 2016 at 11:52:23 AM

A psychopomp villain who is extremely powerful but isn't actually evil, only doing what they have to to balance the scales, would be interesting for Dragonball.

There are shades of that in Beerus, what with him being a force of nature and all, but though he is the God of Destruction (whatever that means) it's clear that he's ultimately killing people because he's a dick, not strictly because it's his job.

edited 23rd Feb '16 11:52:42 AM by KnownUnknown

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#18531: Feb 23rd 2016 at 12:52:07 PM

What would the King Piccolo Dragon be trying to do? Make Piccolo really old?

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#18532: Feb 23rd 2016 at 12:54:05 PM

By throwing Piccolo into the HTC dimension and destroying any exits.

He'd get old way fast.

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#18533: Feb 23rd 2016 at 12:56:22 PM

Piccolo breaks out after having trained himself to Super Buu level and kicks that dragon's ass as a Badass Grandpa.

edited 23rd Feb '16 12:56:35 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#18534: Feb 23rd 2016 at 5:52:34 PM

WELP

edited 23rd Feb '16 5:54:15 PM by unnoun

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#18535: Feb 23rd 2016 at 5:55:17 PM

Where's The Fair Use?

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#18536: Feb 23rd 2016 at 5:56:09 PM

That doesn't even make sense; TOEI had actually started making money off of them now.

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#18537: Feb 23rd 2016 at 5:57:42 PM

This is just another example of You Tube's stupid copyright policies that are being exploited by others.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#18538: Feb 23rd 2016 at 5:57:47 PM

I don't think Toei actually makes any sense.

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#18539: Feb 23rd 2016 at 6:03:17 PM

Most You Tube strikedowns don't make any sense. Doug Walker pointed out how his own Disneycember review of My Neighbor Totoro got taken down but nearly three mirror videos weren't taken down.

Plus, Japanese companies are really defensive over their property. It took years for Daei to allow DVD releases of the MST 3 K Gamera episodes from Shout Factory, and Toho is practically Disney in regards to its ownership of Godzilla.

edited 23rd Feb '16 6:04:29 PM by AdricDePsycho

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#18540: Feb 23rd 2016 at 6:04:31 PM

I've been noticing that more and more but this seems even weirder than the usual bullshit.

edited 23rd Feb '16 6:12:54 PM by LSBK

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#18541: Feb 23rd 2016 at 6:10:40 PM

I'm starting to think this should be tweeted with the hashtag Doug Walker has been trying to raise awareness of due to You Tube's continuous copyright bullshit, #WTFU (meaning Where's The Fair Use).

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#18542: Feb 23rd 2016 at 8:00:23 PM

Damn, I didn't think the whole Fair Use issue would come up here.

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#18543: Feb 23rd 2016 at 8:11:47 PM

Really? They have problems with this fairly frequently

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#18544: Feb 24th 2016 at 12:56:05 AM

I've said it before in the Doug Walker thread, but it bears repeating: I'm convinced that intellectual property law in general is worthless, at least in its current state. Theoretically, it's supposed to encourage creation by ensuring that creators will receive proper credit for their work, but as it exists now it is nothing more than a tool of the powerful to exert strict control over ideas and speech for their own profit. When derivative works like DBZ Abridged are able to be shut down, what that demonstrates is that intellectual property law is fundamentally broken.

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#18545: Feb 24th 2016 at 1:08:53 AM

This is such bullshit. Poundsign: Where's The Fair Use?! (did I do it right?)

edited 24th Feb '16 1:09:36 AM by PushoverMediaCritic

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#18546: Feb 24th 2016 at 1:17:04 AM

Shutting down (unlicensed) derivative works is intentionally part of copyright law and fairly reasonable. The abuse (even by legal standards) is that things like reviews and parodies are getting forced away

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#18547: Feb 24th 2016 at 4:54:50 AM

Modern American copyright laws are 100% horrible and you have Disney to thank for that.

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#18548: Feb 24th 2016 at 4:57:11 AM

Right, didn't they get laws in effect so Mickey Mouse would still belong to them and not the public or something?

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#18549: Feb 24th 2016 at 5:23:33 AM

Yep.

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Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#18550: Feb 24th 2016 at 6:19:48 AM

[up] I'd like to note that the extensions of copyright have not been entirely because of the Mouse. Disney is just one of biggest supporters of said extensions, and it's real easy to see why.

@Zen: My knowledge of IP law is predominantly focused on patents, but yeah, I agree that IP law is currently broken as hell. The problem is twofold: First, the law is too loose when it comes to acceptance and enforcement, which makes it so ripe for abuse. Second, I'm not sure how much this applies to copyright, but the USPTO is still behind on what this "computer" thing is, and thus struggles spectacularly when it comes to digital creations.


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