A Sad Day for Spoiler Hounds...

POSTED BY: Novagrass
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 00:19
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NOVAGRASS

Saturday, June 29, 2002 4:53 AM

This doesn't really effect my case, but 20th Century Fox Entertainment has shut down the most accurate Buffy spoiler site on the internet, The Buffy Cross And Stake ( http://www.angelicslayer.com ).

To date, AngelX, the site's webmistress, has contributed some of the most accurate and in depth spoilers on the internet. Hopefully she'll find another venue for her scoops. TBCS will be missed.

This impacts us Firefly fans because FOX apparently seems to be coming down on the spoiler sites. Does this mean that Firefly spoilers will be kept under heavy lock and key? Heavier than Buffy? We'll just have to wait and see...

I'm not much of a spoiler guy myself (in fact, I hate plot spoilers), but I feel bad for the spoiler hounds out there who are being deprived of a very important part of their fandom.

--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--

This one's for Furyfire...

HAKEN

Saturday, June 29, 2002 8:48 AM

Am I to expect a nasty email from FOX in the future?

HAKEN

Saturday, June 29, 2002 1:41 PM

Hmmm...I just looked over their site and couldn't figure out when they were shutdown. It seems as though their gallery was shutdown as well.

NOVAGRASS

Saturday, June 29, 2002 2:28 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:
Hmmm...I just looked over their site and couldn't figure out when they were shutdown. It seems as though their gallery was shutdown as well.

I think it's just the episode screen-cap gallery that was shut down... copyright protection and all. So, as long as you don't post (or don't advertise) screen-caps, you probably won't get any complaints from Fox.

I hate studio execs...

--Dylan Palmer, aka NoVaGrAsS--

This one's for Furyfire...

FURYFIRE

Sunday, June 30, 2002 2:24 AM

i hope they won't shut down the screen caps at PE, shhh no one say anything. Hopefully no spies here.

Uh, is the tag the same as the signature?

HAKEN

Sunday, June 30, 2002 2:06 PM

Spies? What spies? There are no spies here.

That reminds me, The Official Firefly Site is overdue in releasing something new to the fans. Their previous release dates have been about a week apart.

We're now past the 1.5 week mark and I'm getting withdrawal from the lack of further Pavlovian conditioning from FOX.

HAPLO721

Friday, August 16, 2002 2:56 AM

The spoilers at TBCS will continue, just not on the spoiler page. Check the spoiler FORUMS from time to time as Fox cannot regulate it.

LIVINGIMPAIRED

Friday, August 16, 2002 12:44 PM

What I want to know is why FOX goes after fan sites at all. They went after the X-Philers and now they're after us. Isn't the whole point of a fan site to PROMOTE the show they adore? It seems to me, all spoilers do is hype the future episodes. WHY on earth is fox turning down free advertising?! Are they stupid or something?

FOX

Grr. Arg.

HAPLO721

Friday, August 16, 2002 7:16 PM

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Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
Are they stupid or something?

FOX

Grr. Arg.

Do you even have to ask? This is FOX we're talking about here... the network that puts crap in their primetime slots and good shows in crap slots. The network that runs such drek as "Bachelorettes in Alaska" and "30 Seconds to Fame." Of course they're stupid.

TINYTIMM

Friday, August 16, 2002 11:16 PM

Unfortunatly, if you do not DEFEND your copyright, you lose it. The easiest way to enforce it is to send nastygrams.

Making site owners sign an agreement for value would be better, but then there's always some jerk who will ruin it for everyone else. That's life in the media biz.

Jeff Timm
Who wants to stay out of the business, didn't always want that, but that's the way it ended up.

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