Scans_Daily No More!

[slick_nyc]

News broke Friday night that Scans_Daily, a popular online comics community whose function was to share and discuss excerpts of comic books, be they new releases, arcane back-issues, or any other sort of noteworthy comic book, was suspended by host LiveJournal. Inherent in the nature of Scans_Daily was the necessary act of scanning and publishing

Comments

[bluetooth16]

I hope someone archived the site before the shutdown.

P.S. Before anyone asks why this was approved, this entry lends itself nicely to a discussion on copyright law and related issues.

[slick_nyc]

Yeah, that's why I posted it here.

I do think copyright laws do need to be rewritten for the digital age. Digital distribution is something that's honestly too difficult to control. Not to mention the problem of fanworks like rps, fanfiction, and fanart.

[volksjager]

I wondered what the hell happend. This sucks !!!

[frontyardninja]

98% of my icon creations are in violation of copyright laws.

[volksjager]

exactly, how much os the images and posted material fits into the same category ?

Alot...

[recorded]

i believe you can use a certain number of seconds from a video clip without it being copy right infringement :0

also, you're not cutting into profits of anyone~

[lonestarphoenix]

As someone who was fed up with all the Storm/Black Panther hate, let me be the first to say...

[sunoftheskye]

Well, c'mon. Storm wasn't even black.

[lonestarphoenix]

I keep forgetting. I mean, just because your mom is pure-blooded KENYAN...

Honestly? I'm disappointed because I'm not going to be able to post pics like this just to stir up the haters anymore...

[randomneses]

He's nom noming her face.

[ikbenvictoria]

No! I love that place. Where else am I going to get my Doctor Who comics? :/

[lonestarphoenix]

What the hell!? Where did she go?