Haruhi makes Newsweek

[MKTerra]

Bwahaha... :D

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/51/haruhinewsweekhh6.th.jpg (http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruhinewsweekhh6.jpg)

[Drew Van T.]

It talks about "2,000 clips, including parodies, related to Haruhi being on YouTube". Holy crap, that's a lot of clips...

The YouTube issue is interesting in its own right. How does one differentiate between clips shared on YouTube and fansubs distributed through P2P, for instance, from a legal perspective?

[Daemon]

I believe that they arn't thats why the japanese companies are up in arms about it from the looks of that article.

Although I wonder if they frown upon DVR in that same respect.

[Buzz Dixon]

Basically YouTube will yank a clip if they get a complaint. There is an interesting question regarding what in the U.S. is know as "fair usage" which means in publishing terms the ability to quote a short passage or show a single image from a collection of images without first getting the permission of the copyright holder; one is also allowed to parody something once without running afoul of copyright infringement.

The argument being made with a lot of movie, music video, and anime clips on YouTube is that they are being used in the above context; i.e., a blogger writing about a film will post a link to a YouTube clip from that movie, or a funsubber will do a music video using clips from anime shows and and claim it's a parody.

It's a gray area that will get a lot grayer before it's all hashed out...

[Clouds-Are-Nice]

And so Haruhi-ism spreads further. All will know and worship O-Haruhi-Sama!

[Drew Van T.]

And so Haruhi-ism spreads further. All will know and worship O-Haruhi-Sama!

Well...it's made me sufficiently curious to check out the first 14 episodes...

[MKTerra]

Well...it's made me sufficiently curious to check out the first 14 episodes...Well, those 14 episodes comprise season 1; We can hope more seasons get made though :)

Episode 1 may be funny or boring, depending on your tastes. I found ep 2 onward more interesting.

Also, do watch the next-episode blurbs, or you might get lost ;)

[Drew Van T.]

Also, do watch the next-episode blurbs, or you might get lost

Eh? Normally I skip those, but all righty...

This is also why I was very late to find out that there are little, original "extras" after every Bleach blurb...

[Robotech Master]

The 14 episodes aren't in chronological order; that's why you have to watch the episode blurbs in order to piece the episodes together after you've seen all 14.

[MKTerra]

Anime Insider's article on Haruhi's popularity. Has a better premise description.

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