I wanted my url to be Foggy Bottom.

"“Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights,..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:00 +0100

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“Amazon Publishing will acquire all rights to your new stories, including global publication rights, for the term of copyright.” What this means is that when you publish a story on Kindle Worlds, you’re giving Amazon the right to do whatever they want with your story, forever. They can sell it electronically, digitally, carve it into a rock, or give it away. It’s up to them, and you have no say. Ever.

“You will own the copyright to the original, copyrightable elements (such as characters, scenes, and events) that you create and include in your work, and the World Licensor will retain the copyright to all the original elements of the World.” Awesome! Exactly the kind of license I would want. Except …

“When you submit your story in a World, you are granting Amazon Publishing an exclusive license to the story and all the original elements you include in that story.” Want to publish your fan fiction on FanFiction.net? Tough. Amazon is the only entity legally allowed to publish your material. And if they decide that they want to stop publishing your material? Sucks for you. You have no other outlet.

“This means that your story and all the new elements must stay within the applicable World.” This is a huge, flashing warning sign, a big neon Danger, Will Robinson! When you submit a story to Kindle Worlds, you give Amazon all of the rights to your new ideas, even ideas that came solely from your head. Come up with a concept for an awesome new character who just happens to interact with a Salvatore Brother? You can never use that character anywhere except within a Kindle Worlds story.

“We will allow Kindle Worlds authors to build on each other’s ideas and elements.” This means that people get to write fan fiction about your fan fiction. Kindle Worlds is essentially a viral license. I don’t exactly have a problem with that. It would be cool if there was a way to be compensated when another author uses some or your original ideas, but I honestly don’t know how that would even be possible.

“We will also give the World Licensor a license to use your new elements and incorporate them into other works without further compensation to you.” One of the big issues authors have traditionally had with fan fiction is the possibility that a fan fiction writer would claim the original author stole the fan’s ideas and incorporated them into their work. This is why even authors who explicitly allow fan fiction almost never read fan fiction. This sentence does away with that fear entirely. If you submit a story to Kindle Worlds, the original creators can use it however they want. Just think! The next season of Vampire Diaries could be based on your story! Except you won’t be paid for it.

…

The exception is the license to new concepts developed within a Kindle Worlds story. That is uniquely the author’s own, and submitting to Kindle Worlds locks it up forever. Stories are an author’s lifeblood, and you should never give that kind of control over your ideas to someone else. Fifty Shades of Gray would have never happened under Kindle Worlds, because Amazon would own all of the rights to that story, not EL James. She wouldn’t have been allowed to change the character names, flush out the story, and publish on her own. Amazon would have owned that work, not her.

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- Pretty sure all the awesome fandom folks I know are smart enough to have realized what a steaming turd the new Amazon thing really is, but just in case you have to get into an argument over it with someone (yes, these are things I legitimately prep for) here are some clear talking points.

Also, no porn, graphic violence, crossovers or’excessive’ use of curse words. So, like, all the fun stuff about fanfic.

(via bewaretheides315)

Well then.

Thanks for the heads up.

(via catbountry)

artmonia: Freedom of Communication by Chartzan

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:02:18 +0100

artmonia:

Freedom of Communication by Chartzan

treeporn: Mark Hirsch took a photo of this beautiful tree in...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:37 +0100

treeporn:

Mark Hirsch took a photo of this beautiful tree in Iowa every day for a year with his iPhone.

That Tree via the Guardian and Paul.

Amazon Unveils a [Horrifying] Fanfic Publishing Platform

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:33 +0100

pookie02:

lingeringlilies:

Today, Amazon announced the imminent launch of its newest endeavor, Kindle Worlds, a publishing platform for fanfiction. When I read the announcement, I was horrified, then angry, then sad. I want to take a moment to explain why this is such a tragedy.

Read More

You had me until I forfeit all rights to my work, Amazon.

(and I somehow doubt any companies I do fanwork of would want in on this [Bethesda])

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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:54:42 +0100

tacoart: friends

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:51:12 +0100

tacoart:

friends

bullshitcockroach: waiterwaiterpercolator: skyrimconfessionss: ...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:37 +0100

bullshitcockroach:

waiterwaiterpercolator:

skyrimconfessionss:

“I wish you could mine for salt.”

http://skyrimconfessions.com

Image Credit: [x]

I am at least 98% that salt comes from the ocean and not from the mines

you’d be 98% wrong

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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:38:44 +0100

ibuprofanum: Armor leggings

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:36:28 +0100

ibuprofanum:

Armor leggings

unexplained-events: Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) were Buddhist monks or...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:47 +0100

unexplained-events:

Sokushinbutsu (即身仏) were Buddhist monks or priests who caused their own deaths in a way that resulted in their mummification. This practice reportedly took place almost exclusively in northern Japan around Yamagata Prefecture. It is believed that many hundreds of monks tried, but only 24 such mummifications have been discovered to date.

Their diet was nuts and seeds for 1000 days, after that they only ate bark and roots while getting rid of body fat, After the 1000 days they drank a poisionous tea made from the sap of Urushi tree.

Finally, a self-mummifying monk would lock himself in a stone tomb barely larger than his body, where he would not move from the lotus position. His only connection to the outside world was an air tube and a bell. Each day he rang a bell to let those outside know that he was still alive.When the bell stopped ringing, the tube was removed and the tomb sealed. After the tomb was sealed, the other monks in the temple would wait another 1,000 days, and open the tomb to see if the mummification was successful.

If the monk was mummified he was instantly seen as Buddha and put on display. If the mummification wasnt successful then the monk wasn’t seen as one, yet still admired for his trying.

avalonroselin: abunchofassholes: thisiswhiteculture: sheishurr...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:34:08 +0100

avalonroselin:

abunchofassholes:

thisiswhiteculture:

sheishurr:

welp

and if any of you white people respond with “wait but I didn’t do that. that was in the past”

i need you to check your privilege

and then drink bleach if you think your hands aren’t dirty

They’re not.

Guilt doesn’t transfer from generation to generation. I am not magically accountable for something my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather MIGHT have done. Also;

>social justice blogger
>telling people to kill themselves

I love that there’s a blog called “this is white culture” that is solely devoted to bad things white people did, not their cultures at all. So I guess I can make a blog called “this is black culture” and post gang and crime records and that’s 100% okay. Or “this is Muslim culture” and make it all about terrorism.

But wait, you cry. Not all black people are criminals and not all Muslims are terrorists. That’s unfair! And racist!

WELL GOLLY GEE DO YOU THINK SO? Because saying that all white people are responsible for the Atlantic slave trade sounds pretty racist to me, given that, you know, that was between the African slaveholders and the British and Americans and had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with my ancestors, who were incredibly poor farmers and serfs from Ireland and Lithuania who had to flee to America at around the turn of the century (by which time slavery had already been abolished in the US) because they were being treated like slaves. Even if they had been living in America at the time when slavery was legal they wouldn’t have been able to afford a slave; in fact they probably would have been working with them in the fields and treated about the same, since the first slaves in America were actually white serfs. But please, tell me more about how dirty my hands are because of circumstances surrounding my birth that I could not control and continue to treat me differently based on the color of my skin without actually knowing anything about my heritage, I’m sure that isn’t racist at all!

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Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:31 +0100

tea-tears-and-bbc: #Ignore me while I pretend he’s talking to...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:29:42 +0100

tea-tears-and-bbc:

#Ignore me while I pretend he’s talking to me bye

ughsherlockfandom: the “cumbercollective”

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:27:16 +0100

ughsherlockfandom:

the “cumbercollective”

kingbard: juicyjacqulyn: captain-america-steve: ...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:26:06 +0100

kingbard:

juicyjacqulyn:

captain-america-steve:

OH COOL LOOK A NEW MESSAGE!

WRONG!

THAT BAD BOY RIGHT THERE IS A VIRUS.

YEP, YOU HIT THAT TEMPTING LITTLE CIRCLE AND YOU HAVE A ONE WAY TRIP TO VIRUS-VILLE ON THE MY COMPUTER IS NOW CRASHED BUS!

DON’T CLICK IT.

CLICK IT AND YOUR HACKED.

CLICK IT AND YOUR COMPUTER DIES.

CLICK IT AND BASICALLY YOU’RE SCREWED.

I *just* got this 2mins after seeing this post. Thank goodness you reblogged this.

OH

MY

FUCKING

caroline-j-deleted: curi0sity-killed-kat: coziestchimera: spin...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:16:39 +0100

caroline-j-deleted:

curi0sity-killed-kat:

coziestchimera:

spindascafe:

harmonizeorelse:

good. someone made a compilation. Now I don’t have to look unoriginal by reblogging them all individually.

WAYWARD SON IS TOO GOOD

these songs

so deep

I am cry

what if i made voice recordings of some of these

COSMO SEX TIP #8329

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:15 +0100

arekelly:

Instead of moaning during climax say “Flash 9 required for audio”.

justanovercastkid: ierocookie: machokeonmydick: simplybluec...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:14:46 +0100

justanovercastkid:

ierocookie:

machokeonmydick:

simplybluecandle:

hurtkid:

thisrisingtide:

Okay so I sped up The Phoenix by Fall Out Boy and help it’s really good

thIS IS GONNA GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK

holy shit

IM SO PUMPED UP RIGHT NOW IM GONNA KILL A GUY

I JUST RIPPED MY SHIRT OFF

I’M PEEING

mortal4tobias: If you ever visit Australia then just know that...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:14:08 +0100

mortal4tobias:

If you ever visit Australia then just know that this is how you eat Vegemite.

starsinthegutter: I WANT ONE. BABY COME HERE LET ME LOVE YOU...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:21:57 +0100

starsinthegutter:

I WANT ONE. BABY COME HERE LET ME LOVE YOU AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE HAT AND FEED YOU DEAD SMELLY THIINGGSSS