Hi anon! Thank you for the question
First of all
Don’t panic!
According to the OTW’s legal department it’s the websites that will be held responsible for our uploading copyrighted content and not us. We would still be held responsible for the old laws, which contain important points on fair use, which protect fanfiction users.
That’s why they’re implementing the filters; worst case scenario you’re just not going to be able to upload and view fanfiction anymore, or you might simply be locked out of sites like AO3 because you’re European (is my guess).
Because of that we really do need to fight this thing with tooth and nail, we can’t entirely calm down.
So please, do share this with your readers and your followers, and everybody you know! And call and email your representatives!!
Again! Don’t panic! I know it’s easy to; I certainly panicked when I first heard! But there’s no need to delete your fanfiction just yet!
Just to add uh… Copyright filters won’t work on fanfiction and fanart. Well, unless you lifted something wholesale and changed some names it won’t. Automatic ID doesn’t look for “inspired by”, it doesn’t have thile thinking power and that’s legal under fair use, it looks for “has used large chunks of”. If your use of the original content is transformative then fair use can help you remove any strikes you get from systems like this.
That’s it!!
YouTube already has a system like this and so does facebook. People upload stolen fanart on Facebook all the time, let alone original, and you dont see the IP owners coming down in them.
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