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Fox Still Doesn’t Get Fandom

21 October, 2005 (12:14) | Entertainment, Hacktivism | By: cmdln

This would be more newsworthy if they didn’t have a track record of doing so. I can’t think of any recent examples, but back when the intarweb was still an infant, I still have vivid memories of Fox chasing down every last Simpsons fan site and shutting them down. While this is a pretty compelling example of Fox not understanding the value generated by a good balance on IP issues, it is pathologically intertwined with their entire apparent corporate decision making, which I can sum up in one word: Firefly.

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