Under a cocoon of eternal snow

First up, the link, so chill already: https://disneytermsofuse.com/  Your relevant and terrifying passage(s) are the entirety of Section 7. Go read it. I’ll wait.

Now. First thing to understand is that the legal language within the new TOS *implies* that Disney is only referring to people who use its services, people who clicked and agreed to this new TOS. But it’s implication only. That’s not what this TOS actually says.

This TOS spends a lot of time defining fanworks, or as they call it, User Generated Content.

They want to make it clear that,

a) You totally have the right to make User Generated Content (UGC) all you want.

b) You can put that UGC anywhere you want, whether they own the site or someone else does. What matters is that you’ve put that UGC in a publically accessible place…like, oh, AO3.

c) Disney spends a few breaths saying that the creator of the UGC owns the copyright to that UGC…except if you read those words carefully, they’re not guaranteeing you anything, because THEY own the copyright.

d) Disney then says, since they own the copyright to your UGC, they can literally do anything they want with it. They can steal it, crib it, use the entire thing as their own, make money off of it, reprint it, ANYTHING–and you do not get credit. You do not get paid. You do not get acknowledgement. You might get a DMCA telling you take down your UGC because it is now *their* content that they’re selling and how dare you steal from them. (No, I’m not kidding.)

e) Nobody seems to know a fucking thing about this.

f) The bullshit on Twitter over May the Fourth was just a smokescreen, sorry. https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/28/21238909/disney-star-wars-maythe4th-hashtag-copyright-contract-twitter

Disney doesn’t want your Tweets. They just wanted to see who was paying attention, and how, and if they could get away with it. (Yes, they did go after someone who reposted Disney’s own tweets. No more information on that yet.)

g) Yes, you should absolutely take this seriously. You should be terrified, because how many fan content creators have the bank to fight this if their “copyrighted content” that Disney specifies is still *their* copyrighted content is stolen? OTW exists for this very reason, but this is fucking Disney. They. Own. Almost. Everything. In. The. Corporate. United. States. Entertainment. Industry.

h) No, your MCU, Star Wars, Pixar, Disney animated films, ANY such fanworks, are not safe. If Disney likes it, they will take it. If you say they can’t, they’ll point to their new site-wide TOS and say that they can. Is that legal? Don’t actually know, but think about who’s in the White House right now. Think about who he’d support. Yes, the Library of Congress and the House of Reps are supposed to be in charge, but how long until we could push for them to deal with/fix this shit?

i) Yes, Disney is probably trying to steal content in order to survive the pandemic, seeing as their major sources of revenue (parks and movies) aren’t happening right now.

j) Yes, I will be removing my Star Wars content. I didn’t work on that fucking story for nearly 20 years just for some corporate shill to fucking steal it.

k) Someone who currently wishes to remain anonymous has pinged an OTW peep to see if they’re aware.

l) If they weren’t so specific to point out that they really do mean Any Public Place, I wouldn’t be so concerned…but it doesn’t. This isn’t just about their services. This is about the entire fucking internet.

That’s it. You guys now know everything I know, so no, I wouldn’t be able to answer any of your questions. I suggest spreading the word, if only so someone else with more information can step up and reassure us that Disney can’t do what they believe they can do…

Translation: “Disney Products” are anything Disney makes. That includes Marvel/Star Wars/pick-your-fandom movies, tv shows, anything. 

Translation: You do not have to sign anything to be bound by this policy. Just by watching a Disney movie, you’re agreeing to these terms. If you don’t agree, you can’t watch the movies.

Translation: no matter where your original transformative content is, Disney has rights to it. The first BIG NOT GOOD appears here: whether or not the law in your country protects your right to produce such content, you may not create any fanworks Disney doesn’t like. So no hate speech, cool, but also nothing “defamatory,” nothing “vulgar, obscene, or otherwise offensive”–all vague terms, which is always dangerous; queer content, salty anti-canon content, mpreg, A/B/O, all of that could be in jeopardy here–and nothing “pornographic.” All your E-rated Avengers fics, your steamy Star Wars OT3s? Those are getting taken down under this agreement.

Translation: the second BIG NOT GOOD: Disney has the right to take and use your content, and you are not allowed to argue this in a court of law.

Translation: “we will very kindly let you make your fanfiction (and fanart, and cosplays, and fanedits), as long as you give us all rights to it. No matter where or when it’s made, it’s ours now; otherwise you’re not allowed to make it.”

Translation: part two of the second BIG NOT GOOD: Disney has the right to do whatever it wants with your content, no expiry date and no limitations, and with no credit or compensation to you. You make a really cool fanart? Disney can put it on the cover of its next movie, and sell four hundred thousand prints of it. No credit, no money to you, and according to this document, you legally can’t say a word against it. 

To make a very long story very short:

Disney’s saying (a) “we own your content and can do whatever we want with it,” and (b) “you can’t make anything we don’t approve.”

Which means we need to work together to get as many people onto AO3 as possible.

People use AO3 as a source of income and now that they have throttled activity for authors, they're screwed! Even people who just write for fun are screwed as less hits and kudos means less interaction. We all know how much hits and kudos mean to us.

So please, I beg you, if you have keys to help people get an account, hand them out.

The Shrine, 1895, John William Waterhouse

I believe this depends on the distance and speed at which the star is on the Via Lactea, and the disappearance of some stars after becoming supernova. Still, it would take a long time, thousands or millions of years.

Spot Conlon in King of New York

See, THIS is the kind of ask I love to get! Although these are just suggestions, here’s what cliques I think fit each character I’ve analyzed are:

Albert: Class clown, Delinquent

Barney Peanuts: Popular, Class clown

Bill: Nerd

Boots: Quiet kid, Teacher’s pet, Follower

Bumlets: Quiet kid, Follower

Buttons: Class clown, Artist

Coffee Bean: Delinquent

Crutchie: Teacher’s pet, Class clown, Speech and debate club member, Popular

Darcy: Quiet kid, Teacher’s pet, Nerd

Davey: Speech and debate club member, Quiet kid, Delinquent (although not by choice)

Elmer: Nerd, Teacher’s pet, Class clown

Finch: Quiet kid, Follower, Delinquent, Jock

Henry: Delinquent, Quiet kid, Jock

Itey: Follower

Jack: Popular, Speech and debate club member, Artist, Delinquent

Joey: Delinquent, Popular, Jock

JoJo: Popular, Nerd (I also like your idea of him being a weeaboo but since anime didn’t exist in 1899 there’s no proof either way)

Katherine: Nerd, Teacher’s pet, Quiet kid, Speech and Debate club member

Kid Blink: Quiet kid, Bully, Class Clown, Delinquent

Morris: Bully, Quiet kid, Jock

Mush: Popular, Class clown, Delinquent, Jock

Oscar: Bully, Delinquent, Jock

Pie Eater: Jock, Follower

Race: Delinquent, Class Clown, Bully, Nerd

Rafaela: Popular, Jock, Delinquent

Romeo: Class Clown, Follower

Sarah: Popular, Speech and debate club member, Delinquent, Jock

Skittery: Quiet kid

Smalls: Delinquent

Snipeshooter: Quiet kid, Class clown, Jock

Sniper: Quiet kid, Delinquent, Jock

Snitch: Teacher’s pet

Specs: Popular, Delinquent, Teacher’s pet, Nerd, Quiet kid

Spot: Popular, Delinquent, Jock

Tommy Boy: Quiet kid

York: Popular, Delinquent