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> it's hard not to appreciate how one of the first instincts we have as a society when freeing some IP is "We should make a creepy version of this!" Almost cer
by Swizec 2y ago
> it's hard not to appreciate how one of the first instincts we have as a society when freeing some IP is "We should make a creepy version of this!"
Almost certainly rule 34 happens first and just gets less attention in public. There were “bear” posters of Pooh all over SOMA (in SF) almost immediately after the copyright ended.
- ben_w 2y agoRule 34 happens well before copyright expires. Clopfic, Kirk/Spock, or ask any pile of furries about Robin Hood or Nick Wilde.
- registeredcorn 2y agoWhat is Soma? I see there is a video game (link)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_(video_game)], but have no idea what it means in this context. Are you saying there is some kind of add-on for that?
- hollerith 2y agoSouth of Market neighborhood of San Francisco.
- registeredcorn 2y agoAh, my bad. I think I saw that in one of the results but went off on some other route because I was focused on "horror" stuff. Thanks. :)