Why r u so sure that cant get a DMCA over that matter?
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It's the author work, it's their DMCA right, so if they want they can let it pass over several condition that they put...
Because even with the boobs censored the scanlation is still a copyright violation. And no media holder's going to allow someone to steal their work on the condition that they erase some cleavage lines. The DMCA is entirely about copyright. It is not about the nature of the content, only about the fact that it was used without consent. And if it was used with consent with conditions, then that's still not a DMCA takedown, that's a separate issue.
To be perfectly clear I'm not saying the group didn't receive some sort of complaint for the content. But if the answer to the complaint was to censor the boobs then the complaint itself had to do with the nature of the content and not its copyright status. Instead it seems more likely wherever they are or are hosting their work has restrictions on what they're allowed to put out, and something sexual, even as low-grade sexual as cleavage, is disallowed.
The other explanation that seems most likely is that this group is not a set of native English speakers and they have taken the term "DMCA" to mean "somebody stopped us from doing something." in a far broader context than it actually implies. They have equated copyright takedowns to any sort of content restriction simply because DMCA takedowns are among the most well-known and widespread types of content control on the internet.
I realize this looks somewhat pedantic to argue over, but getting terms used correctly matters because it prevents misunderstandings like this and makes sure people can communicate. I also don't think I'm going to get into it anymore because I only intended to be an offhand comment that would take a couple minutes, not require me to come back and argue the case in circles over the course of multiple hours.
There's a pop/soda debate? And I thought I was a nerd... That takes some depressing levels of OCD to get worked up over...
But yeah, generic use of "inappropriate" terms is common, especially in non-native speaking areas in any language.
And while copyright laws still have some logic to them, censorship laws elevated to the same level ( and there's soooooo many places that have those...) are as illogical and varied as there are cultural taboos.
Cleavage.... I can think of several places where hosting stuff containing it can get you into trouble. Indonesia and China come to mind, I believe Korea has some things against it as well. Anywhere Islamic for sure. Russia has some surprising Indecent Conduct regs that can and will be used against you if you don't have the right Friends. Same for Poland...
Plenty of places that aren't Kansas, dear Dorothy...
It's not so much a "debate" as there's long existed a map of the US (and sometimes parts of Canada) that demonstrates the use of the various terms for soft drinks in different areas. I don't think anyone gets worked up over it as it seems like most of the northwest and central US uses "pop", the northeast uses "soda", and the southwest leans "soda" but is less clear cut. What I was mostly wanting to poke fun at was that there's this swath of southern states from New Mexico to the Carolinas where apparently the most popular term is "coke". For
all soft drinks. Even the ones that aren't actual Coke. Yes, even when it's Pepsi.
That is mind-bendingly weird. I just can't process someone saying "what kind of coke do you want? We've got sprite, fanta, root beer, mountain dew, and pepsi."
I know that some brand names become genericized like kleenex or xerox, but those are cases when the item is mostly indistinguishable from its competitors (a kleenex tissue is not fundamentally different from made by charmin or royale or any other brand. If you hand someone a photocopy I would defy them to tell you what brand of machine it was made on, or at least label it Xerox or not) but soft drink flavors are distinctive, and Coke is a very specific subset of flavor, so imagining it happening to other products feels so odd.
"Hey kids! You want some dominoes? I can order in from Pizza Hut!"
