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** In fact, quite a number of online scanlation sites have been shut down or censored due to publisher pressure. |
** In fact, quite a number of online scanlation sites have been shut down or censored due to publisher pressure. |
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* Like many radio show hosts, Phil Hendrie allows website subscribers to download show episodes as podcasts. At some point, network lawyers decided that it was a copyright violation for podcasts to include music. This affected any skits that involved music, including his frequent parodies of Jim Rome's and [[Coast to Coast AM|Art Bell]]'s shows that incorporated their respective "[[Guns N' Roses|Welcome to the Jungle]]" and "[[ABBA|Dancing Queen]]" theme songs, and his [[Running Gag]] of using the "Darth Vader Death March" as theme music for his fictional boss. The music in these cases was replaced by awkward silence, and if characters in Phil's comedy skits commented on the music, podcast listeners could not know what they were talking about. |
* Like many radio show hosts, Phil Hendrie allows website subscribers to download show episodes as podcasts. At some point, network lawyers decided that it was a copyright violation for podcasts to include music. This affected any skits that involved music, including his frequent parodies of Jim Rome's and [[Coast to Coast AM|Art Bell]]'s shows that incorporated their respective "[[Guns N' Roses|Welcome to the Jungle]]" and "[[ABBA|Dancing Queen]]" theme songs, and his [[Running Gag]] of using the "Darth Vader Death March" as theme music for his fictional boss. The music in these cases was replaced by awkward silence, and if characters in Phil's comedy skits commented on the music, podcast listeners could not know what they were talking about. |
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* Some flashes on [[Newgrounds]] are victims of this due to being based on copyrighted works, as Newgrounds has received [http://www.newgrounds.com/lit/legal.html cease-and-detest letters] from companies such as [[The BBC]] (for a ''[[Teletubbies]]'' spoof called "Teletubby Fun Land", which has been eventually renamed to "Tele''bubby'' Fun Land"), [[Jim Henson|The Jim Henson Company]], and [[MGM]] (for a ''[[RoboCop]]'' flash tribute made by a fan). |
* Some flashes on [[Newgrounds]] are victims of this due to being based on copyrighted works, as Newgrounds has received [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030164410/http://www.newgrounds.com/lit/legal.html cease-and-detest letters] from companies such as [[The BBC]] (for a ''[[Teletubbies]]'' spoof called "Teletubby Fun Land", which has been eventually renamed to "Tele''bubby'' Fun Land"), [[Jim Henson|The Jim Henson Company]], and [[MGM]] (for a ''[[RoboCop]]'' flash tribute made by a fan). |
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== Newspaper Comics == |
== Newspaper Comics == |
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