MFF is just avoiding liability. Every inquiry into the provision makes them increasingly uncomfortable, because they do not really intend to ban fanart (hence the lack of enforcing). They only want to dodge possible litigation. They will never openly confess the provision's superficial reason to exist because doing so would defeat the purpose of having the provision.
People who are inquiring or complaining can't see it from the subtle perspective of a business owner / committee. They instead voice out the obvious fact that furry fandom is intertwined with fanart as a form of self-expression (something that everyone knows, including the MFF board).
I don't envy the pressure this puts on the MFF board. However, I hope the result of the pressure is not some wishy washy neutral boring settling statement that's forgotten, because copyright laws are a fucking joke as is, and the furry fandom should unapologetically be on the side of freedom to produce and exchange fanart.
My favored scenario would be an MFF that enforces copyright laws to a tee, having attendees pissed off, their attendance plummeting because of it, and being replaced with a different convention that isn't so frightened to uphold fanart as a rightful thing.
You're doing a public service MFF, never forget that.
MFF is just avoiding liability. Every inquiry into the provision makes them increasingly uncomfortable, because they do not really intend to ban fanart (hence the lack of enforcing). They only want to dodge possible litigation. They will never openly confess the provision's superficial reason to exist because doing so would defeat the purpose of having the provision.
People who are inquiring or complaining can't see it from the subtle perspective of a business owner / committee. They instead voice out the obvious fact that furry fandom is intertwined with fanart as a form of self-expression (something that everyone knows, including the MFF board).
I don't envy the pressure this puts on the MFF board. However, I hope the result of the pressure is not some wishy washy neutral boring settling statement that's forgotten, because copyright laws are a fucking joke as is, and the furry fandom should unapologetically be on the side of freedom to produce and exchange fanart.
My favored scenario would be an MFF that enforces copyright laws to a tee, having attendees pissed off, their attendance plummeting because of it, and being replaced with a different convention that isn't so frightened to uphold fanart as a rightful thing.
You're doing a public service MFF, never forget that.