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Our Plan.... OPERATION : Blackout is trying to get a portion added to the copyright that will allow the use of still images and media clips* to be on unofficial fan sites. There is nothing about fair use on the internet of copyrighted material as of now (that is what are trying to get added). Right now, these fan sites are getting shut down and the webmasters are being threatened with lawsuits. In my honest opinion, still images, sound files, and video clips are the internet equivalent of quotes. As long as credit is given (Like the disclaimers) everything should be happy and cool. The shutting down of the sites for the day will show FOX what the end result would be: a drab and lifeless internet. It also helps to gain attention to the operation. For the operation to be noticed is extremely important if we want to be successful. "I know that just shutting down our sites for a day will not make FOX just drop everything they have been doing. What it does is draws attention to this organization and gives us a good reason for wanting the copyright law to be upgraded. What I have to do is to get a good supporting case that would basically state that the companies are not loosing money because of the existence of fan web sites. That in fact, it is helping their product." - Jade There has been a lot of debate between copyright and free speech on the internet, where that fine line is drawn between expressing their opinion and stealing copyrighted material. Basically the copyright law was created long before there was the internet as we know it today, an infinite place of knowledge and free speech. Times have changed. They have changed dramatically, and they will just keep changing. This is why we need to get the copyright law changed. When the copyright law was made, they had no idea that the internet would be this big and powerful force that would be seen and participated in by billions of people. *The meaning of media clips is sound files and movie files
that are portions of episodes. OPERATION : Blackout does
not support whole episodes or movies being on the internet. As for
transcripts, only a transcript of what is exactly said on
the show will be allowed. No copying of official shooting scripts will
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