With piracy / plagiarism a company could bring forward the point you are harming their interests, with translations your increasing the target market of their content which does not harm their core interests.

Ikonn

Netherlands1958 Posts

May 28 2011 14:59 GMT

#222

Good thing we still have DES

sheaRZerg

United States613 Posts

May 28 2011 15:03 GMT

#223

Why would we have told them to stop using our translations?

Bite the hand that feeds.

FakePlasticLove

United States357 Posts

May 28 2011 15:12 GMT

#224

On May 28 2011 23:54 Kippers wrote:

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Dude, its FOMOS' contents. Say someone who can read both Korean/English want to check out
e-sports proceeds to go to TL instead of FOMOS.
We are essentially stealing from their site, their sponsors, etc.
Instead of bitching about how FOMOS is evil,
maybe you should be grateful, it allowed TL to steal from them all these times.
And No, just writing "Found on fomos" doesnt justify anything

On May 29 2011 00:03 sheaRZerg wrote:
Why would we have told them to stop using our translations?
Bite the hand that feeds.

Indeed

sheaRZerg

United States613 Posts

May 28 2011 15:16 GMT

#225

Dang...Google translate doesn't even work on Fomos links

I dont have time to learn Koreanuu

Edit: It actually does, but for whatever reason wont do it automatically in my version of chrome. Obviously google translate is no substitute anyways.

Count9

China10928 Posts

May 28 2011 15:18 GMT

#226

Wait, so we can't even link an image? Like just any random thread or blog we can't link a image of flash or jaedong that fomos took? Or does it only apply to official TL coverage stuff?

Plexa

Aotearoa39261 Posts

May 28 2011 15:21 GMT

#227

On May 28 2011 21:51 Hekisui wrote:
So are moderators going to ban people who put in the effort to translate an interview and contribute to the community by posting it here?

We won't ban anyone... that's for sure. We're just forced to close the thread and remove the content

On May 29 2011 00:18 Count9 wrote:
Wait, so we can't even link an image? Like just any random thread or blog we can't link a image of flash or jaedong that fomos took? Or does it only apply to official TL coverage stuff?

afaik fomos doesn't distinguish between official TL coverage and stuff our community does so i guess linking images is out of the question too

although I'd wait for waxangel to confirm this.

Impervious

Canada4215 Posts

May 28 2011 15:46 GMT

#228

Sad day for BW.

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

May 28 2011 15:50 GMT

#229

On May 29 2011 00:03 sheaRZerg wrote:
Why would we have told them to stop using our translations?

Bite the hand that feeds.

AFAIK, we just asked them to cite it. They were posting direct copy/pastes without attributing the TL translator or mentioning the site, so it appeared as their translation.

StarStruck

25339 Posts

May 28 2011 15:54 GMT

#230

I don't know why a partnership between the two cannot be arranged. Like someone else pointed out, the images are hot linked to their website. We cite the original articles. There have been many times that I visited fomos as a result of getting my info here.

Hikari

1914 Posts

May 28 2011 16:04 GMT

#231

On May 29 2011 00:54 StarStruck wrote:
I don't know why a partnership between the two cannot be arranged. Like someone else pointed out, the images are hot linked to their website. We cite the original articles. There have been many times that I visited fomos as a result of getting my info here.

I believe a partnership will have to be discussed between TL and the chinese site. Similar to how kaspa has to negotiate with gretech for BW rights.

TL should ask for permission from/strike a deal with DES before something someone else takes the rights.

fortheGG

United Kingdom1002 Posts

May 28 2011 16:10 GMT

#232

I suppose our scene must not be incredibly important to them, but this is a silly move.

On May 28 2011 06:11 Arnstein wrote:
Well that's good to promote BW.

exactly

blue001

106 Posts

May 28 2011 16:10 GMT

#233

On May 28 2011 23:49 FakePlasticLove wrote:

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brb pirating a film than crediting universal studios

-> pirating a fansub of a japanese movie then crediting sony pictures
-> subbing a movie then telling people where it comes from?

Shai

Canada806 Posts

May 28 2011 16:20 GMT

#234

It's funny that they have a copyright spat here just after the Korean BW scene was fighting against Blizzard's copyright claims. This isn't Burger King, stop trying to have it your way.

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

May 28 2011 16:25 GMT

#235

This saddens me, but I guess it makes sense. I don't really understand the image issue, unless it's a hotlinking problem. Fomos just doesn't understand how the foreign scene operates. They think that if we remove the content here, people will just magically go searching for that content and find Fomos. Foreigners are going to come here, and then maybe go to Fomos (in general).

gullberg

Sweden1301 Posts

May 28 2011 16:29 GMT

#236

Guess they don't care about the foreign BW scene then :S

synapse

China13814 Posts

May 28 2011 16:34 GMT

#237

How is it infringement if noone is posting it as their own work?

cujo2k

Canada1044 Posts

May 28 2011 16:41 GMT

#238

On May 29 2011 00:16 sheaRZerg wrote:
Dang...Google translate doesn't even work on Fomos links

I dont have time to learn Koreanuu

Edit: It actually does, but for whatever reason wont do it automatically in my version of chrome. Obviously google translate is no substitute anyways.

I'm guessing you're another of the many who do not know of the fomos english content that you can access by clicking "Global" on their website.

I understand why fomos did this since most people weren't aware that the global section existed, but they should've partnered with TL, which would've made them better off.