Lorne: Take care of yourself and ah, make sure fluffy is getting enough love. Gunn: Did he have anything? Fred: No. And who's fluffy? Are you fluffy? Gunn: He called me fluffy? Fred: He said make sure…wait. You don't think he was referring to anything of mine that's fluffy, do you? Because that would just be inappropriate.

'Conviction (1)'


Bureaucracy 3: Oh, so now you want to be part of the SOLUTION?  

A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.

Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych


sumi - Apr 24, 2004 6:37:43 am PDT #261 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Although, I must admit that I'm not sure that "When come back, bring tape" fits the policy anymore.


Jon B. - Apr 24, 2004 6:40:36 am PDT #262 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

You did good, Liese.


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2004 6:41:46 am PDT #263 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think the line, sumi, is between aired and unaired eps. But it's something we'd best be ready to explain at the drop of a hat.


amych - Apr 24, 2004 6:42:21 am PDT #264 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Although, I must admit that I'm not sure that "When come back, bring tape" fits the policy anymore.

What Liese said was specifically about the unaired eps, which people have bought and are burning copies of. WCBBT is "I missed last week's ep, who has a copy?"


Stephanie - Apr 24, 2004 6:43:23 am PDT #265 of 10001
Trust my rage

Being a relative newbie, I could be wrong, but my impression has been that "Bring Tape" was more about taping stuff on a VCR from TV (which I thought was okay) and that the other stuff (i.e. burning copies of copyrighted stuff) was not.

If I'm wrong, correction would be appreciated.


Jon B. - Apr 24, 2004 6:48:18 am PDT #266 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

about taping stuff on a VCR from TV (which I thought was okay) and that the other stuff (i.e. burning copies of copyrighted stuff) was not.

Seems to me that the format is irrelevent. If it's aired, it doesn't matter if the copy is on tape or VCD. Most of the digital copies were made by digitally copying from a TV broadcast.

t /not wanting to get into the DMCA again


Stephanie - Apr 24, 2004 7:01:09 am PDT #267 of 10001
Trust my rage

Jon - I guess what I expressed as VHS vs. DVD is really more clearly understood as aired v. unaired. I think someone actually answered my question above while I was typing.


Topic!Cindy - Apr 24, 2004 7:20:26 am PDT #268 of 10001
What is even happening?

Maybe while we're at it, we can reframe the definition/rules of WCBBT such that they're clear that people are borrowing recordings of already broadcast episodes, that were recorded for personal viewing—not for profit—and that no bartering/bribingish stuff is allowed on the board.

If some people's defintion of lending is, "You don't have to return it," and some people's way of thanking is to send blank tapes, and those sorts of discussions don't happen here, none of that is our problem.

In the Minearverse thread (because that's our primary problem) maybe we could just back up Liese, and state that duplicating unaired episodes is illegal. We don't want to see any requests for it, at all. People who intend to ignore that law will have to do so back channel, and not on the board.


§ ita § - Apr 24, 2004 7:27:42 am PDT #269 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I don't think Liese needs to be backed up -- her statement was firm and clear, and that way lies piling on.

we can reframe the definition/rules of WCBBT such that they're clear that people are borrowing recordings of already broadcast episodes

You mean lie?


Lee - Apr 24, 2004 7:27:57 am PDT #270 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Maybe this is something that needs to be said by the admin user id as well, just to make it official.