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  • It’s not, but the top mod also runs a bot that automatically posts content from various news sites, probably based on keywords. And I’d bet that some of those keywords are Twitter and Facebook. So don’t expect them to follow their own rules.

    tech·nol·o·gy
    /tekˈnäləjē/
    noun

    • the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. “advances in computer technology”

    • machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge. “it will reduce the industry’s ability to spend money on new technology”

    • the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences.

    Some bozo changing the rules on his social media site is not scientific knowledge.















  • They can own it, actually. If you use the characters of Bugs Bunny, etc., or the setting (do they have a canonical setting?) then Warner does own the rights to the material you’re using.

    For example, see how the original Winnie the Pooh material just entered public domain, but the subsequent Disney versions have not. You can use the original stuff (see the recent horror movie for an example of legal use) but not the later material like Tigger or Pooh in a red shirt.

    Now if your work is satire or parody, then you can argue that it’s fair use. But generally, most companies don’t care about fan fiction because it doesn’t compete with their sales. If you publish your Harry Potter fan fiction on Livejournal, it wouldn’t be worth the money to pay the lawyers to take it down. But if you publish your Larry Cotter and the Wizard’s Rock story on Amazon, they’ll take it down because now it’s a competing product.