Upon being asked by toby fox not to publically post stuff about delta rune for 24 hours—to give everyone a chance to experience it fresh—north america goes out of its way to flood the internet with liveblogging stuff, data-mining results, and videos with jam-packed thumbnails called “ALL SECRETS. UNDERTALE 2?????? HIDDEN THING!!! WOW!!!! IS X CHARACTER Y? WHAT ABOUT Z BIG REVEAL???”
meanwhile in japan. None of the thumbnails reveal anything, and 80-90% of videos about it are locked until the 24-hour period elapses. thus:
“premieres on 01/11/2018, 06:00″ exactly 24 hours after, in fact.
it just makes so clear the difference between america and other parts of the world.
I have been through many copyright infringement cases – some have been resolved amicably, and there are ones that have taken more work. This case against Old Navy (Gap) is not getting resolved right now because Old Navy is denying copyright infringement.
They are being totally unapologetic, and have said that it would be a “bad business decision” for me to expect to be reasonably compensated for the use of my art. Instead of compensating me, they have chosen to pay a large law firm to fight me, andhave even asked the judge to order me to pay THEIR legal fees.
When a company as large and mainstream as Old Navy steals my art and profits from it, and is unapologetic about it, I cannot afford NOT to fight this. My lawyers and I will be fighting this for as long as it takes.
Thank you for all your support. Please feel free to repost this!
Congrats you guys, you survived 2017, no small feat I assure you! May we all stick together and look out for one another this coming year.
Also congrats to @angelmihe , winner of the giveaway drawing! If you aren’t angelmihe (which regrettably is statistically likely) don’t despair, I’ll be doing another giveaway when I reach my next follower landmark.
If you’re too impatient for that, you can always either commission me or throw ideas/headcanon at me and hope they stick in my brain long enough to compel me to write them (which given my track record lately is also surprisingly likely, but hardly guaranteed).
Hope you all get some sleep and enjoy the rest of whatever holiday break you may or may not be having. Always remember in this coming year that you are valuable and worth it, and that the world needs YOU.
fun fact: the word “panic” is actually from the greek word “panikos” which is referring to the greek god pan who apparently shout at people who were alone in the woods and freak them out.
AngelMihe 