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 --[[User:Tobinus|Tobinus]] 08:22, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
+== Just FYI: Reposting Copyrighted Material is PROTECTED by US Copyright Law ==
+Nintendo can send out cease and desist notices all they want, but the same US Copyright Laws Nintendo is envoking to make sites take down B/W material ALSO protects fan sites like Bulbapedia from reposting copyrighted material, specifically for the purpose of parody and review.
+It's called "Fair Use", and here is the law in question:
+* ''Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.''
+: - http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107
+Basically, as long as sites are merely reviewing Black and White or using it in works that can be legally defined as "parody" (which is why those fan-made Nintendo tshirts can be sold), or anything else that the law defines, then Nintendo can't do anything but try to trick sites into removing content.
+Don't fall for this, guys! --- [[User:Nick15|Nick15]] 19:13, 22 September 2010 (UTC)