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[collige]

Isn't porn covered by fair use? How else would companies get away with stuff like the Big Lewbowski parody and Pirates?

 

[Ryan_MSF]

you think you want this
but you don't

you understand nothing, i want a full jaina x thrall porn voiced by metzen.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Good luck deleting porn blizzard. That's like killing a hydra.

 

[wamberz1]

If someone has exported a character model from it, the internet has made it fuck something.

Basically. As long as it can be imported into source film maker then it will be turned into porn.

 

[Arkos]

There is no stopping rule 36

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

You cant delete what ive already archived!
Gigabytes i say!
Dozens!

 

[PreyingShark]

Porn is how I decide who my favorite Pokémon are tho

 

[Illusive_Juan]

This is only going to make people post it more often.

Spoiler

and search for it

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

you understand nothing, i want a full jaina x thrall porn voiced by metzen.

metzen x thrall or bust

Porn is how I decide who my favorite Pokémon are tho

hey you're not bossdoggie

 

[Inuhanyou]

Can't have anyone's eyes sullied, Blizzard knows what i should be looking at.

Next expect NSFW fanarts to be mysteriously deleted as well

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Good luck deleting porn blizzard. That's like killing a hydra.

cum from one head two more take its place

 

[AEREC]

So does this mean Blizzard are making their own porn now?

Well...they at least have the writing quality covered.

 

[Stilton Disco]

I'm not going to lie, Overwatch porn has done far more to make me want to buy the game than the actual marketing. Though Mei turning out to have the least revealing outfit of the female cast did kind of put a dampener on that.

Honestly though, porn is great and Blizzard are being silly for trying to curb it. Just pretend it doesn't happen and enjoy the soiled, slightly sticky money it unintentional brings in.

 

[NOLA_Gaffer]

legitimately have a few friends who got into Overwatch via the pornography.

I wait...what?

 

[Imperfected]

you think you want this
but you don't

I think porn writing might be the one job Blizzard's writers are actually qualified for.

 

[Fat4all]

Isn't porn covered by fair use? How else would companies get away with stuff like the Big Lewbowski parody and Pirates?

While those are parodies, this is straight up ripping out the characters into source filmmaker and adding a few... accoutrements.

 

[_Ryo_]

On one hand I believe that porn remakes of other intellectual properties are considered parody and are absolutely legal under fair use.

On the other hand, if, these clips are using official Blizzard models from Overwatch and are then imported into Source Film Maker, then Blizzard absolutely are legally allowed and indeed have the right to issue DMCA take down requests.

If the parody clips are entirely of a users own creation, (i.e designed, modeled, animated by creator) that they are essentially fan art and Blizzard would be in the wrong to take them down.

 

[SeanTSC]

I understand protecting your IP, but man, this is barely going to make a dent with how much is out there.

Porn finds a way.

 

[Ryan_MSF]

metzen x thrall or bust

I'll bust alright

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

I wait...what?

Yes. I have two friends who got interested in the game and subsequently purchased it solely because they found the pornography first.

 

[Morning Star]

So that means no StudioFOW adaptation.

 

[Crayon]

I had no idea this was a thing.

I just went and looked.

Seems to have developed quite the fan-art following.

 

[Yarbskoo]

This is going to have the opposite of the intended effect. I don't even know why they bother.

 

[collige]

While those are parodies, this is straight up ripping out the characters into source filmmaker and adding a few... accoutrements.

So what's the difference, legally speaking?

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Blizzard is totally going to win against pornography on the Internet guys.

 

[Mozendo]

Time to look for it and save every little thing.

 

[Magnet_Man]

You monsters!!

 

[yog-sothot]

What is that "porn" thing I keep hearing about on the internet anyway ? Maybe I should check it out someday.

 

[Juke Joint Jezebel]

There's alternative video sites, community boards, and hell even torrent files with all this shit available. They'll soon find out it'll be in vain trying to stop porn from surfacing, sure, you'll be able to stop the flow of it on most of the big sites, but the people who'll want their porn will have other options to easily obtain it.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Yep, there's no stopping the overwaifu.

Don't be that guy.

 

[AWizardDidIt]

Meanwhile at Gearbox:

Won't somebody please make some Battleborn porn?

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I wait...what?

I mean, it does show off the great character designs...in a different way at least

 

[Alienous]

Meanwhile at Gearbox:

Won't somebody please make some Battleborn porn?

lol

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Meanwhile at Gearbox:

Won't somebody please make some Battleborn porn?

necrophilia is wrong

 

[Pooya]

not surprising, they don't tolerate private servers.

 

[Deleted member 13876]

Meanwhile at Gearbox:

Won't somebody please make some Battleborn porn?

I mean...Battleporn. It writes itself.

 

[careksims]

Meanwhile at Gearbox:

Won't somebody please make some Battleborn porn?

LOL None of the characters are waifu/husbando status in that game.

 

[Reversed]

And yet no "not on my watch" pun in this thread.

That's a hella rough task, though.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

It's not porn. It's a victory pose.

 

[Fat4all]

So what's the difference, legally speaking?

Overwatch SFM porn probably wouldn't be considered "transformative" enough to be fully protected under fair-use, as it's 95% the same models and characters from the game. Porn parodies usually get away with it by having original stories (though probably lacking vastly in quality), sets, and sometimes characters.

This isn't to say all porno parodies fall under the lines of fair-use, but a lot of times the company holders of the IP's just don't bother going after them for one reason or another.

 

[SSReborn]

Is that a problem?

Not at all.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Damn, before we got any good m/m stuff

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

There is no stopping rule 36

34

 

[HappehLemons]

Phew. Frankly, I was worried that I was going to be sullied by pornography. Thankfully, Blizzard knows how the internet works and it will be taken down. All of it! In all seriousness, though - I'm surprised Blizzard is even bothering with this (if it is indeed them). I legitimately have a few friends who got into Overwatch via the pornography. You'd think they'd pass a blind eye, considering how they don't give a fuck about rule34 of their other properties.

Just like how it worked for Ken Levine when he asked people to stop making Elizabeth porn.

wut

 

[KirkMcKeand]

Hello, original author here.

Please could you replace the PCGamer link with our link, since PCGamer sourced the story from us? It would be much appreciated.

Here's the link: http://www.pcgamesn.com/overwatch/blizzard-are-taking-down-overwatch-porn

Thanks

 

[captainpat]

2D>>3DPD

 

[cyress8]

Feel sorry for blizz. There are 3 things you do screw around with for a man: His family, his food, and his porn. You dun goofed. Going to be one hell of a fight.

 

[Demoskinos]

Meanwhile at Gearbox:

Won't somebody please make some Battleborn porn?

The burns. They are real.

 

[J_Viper]

Axel Braun will save us.

Can Reily Reid do a British accent?

 

[Alienous]

not surprising, they don't tolerate private servers.

I feel like there's a joke here but I can't see it.

Serving... privates?