Friday, July 1, 2011

Yale Debates...Ponies?

Yes, the Ivy League university Yale... more specifically their law and technology department.  Remember that My Little Wu-Tang Clan video?  That is the primary subject of the article, dealing with various copyright issues and fair use clauses.  It's an interesting read if you are into law and stuff, but the real issue at hand here is...

WHY IS YALE LAW DISCUSSING PONIES?

We have officially spread everywhere.  My goals in life are complete. Season 3, 4, 5...all guaranteed.  I'm converting this into gaming blog #30 now. 

46 comments:

zZDarkMemoriesZz said...

Wow.

You know, I think the human race as a whole just overthinks things way too much.

~Dark~

CoffeeGrunt said...

I don't get it..is it American?

Also first.

Anonymous said...

Well, I now have more respect for the Ivies.
Also, no you're not first Coffee and yes Yale is an American University

Anonymous said...

I used to wonder what friendship could be

until you all subpoena'd me

Anonymous said...

@zZDarkMemoriesZz
I concur.

Star Whistle said...

Shame on a pony who tried to run game on a pony.

Anonymous said...

Yale is the most prestigious law school in the country, maybe the world

Rocky said...

Woah! 5 seasons already confirmed! That's so amazing I'M BURSTING INTO FLAMES!!!!!!

ZAquanimus said...

VICTORY SCREEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O3O

Now I just gotta get Columbia to mention ponies.

Anonymous said...

That is so Awesome. We are everywhere... I can't wait for where we will be next!

imnotparanoid said...

@zZDarkMemoriesZz
Agreed.
Also can somepony explain what the URL bar is for when I put my name in?
If I dont use it will I die?

Anonymous said...

inb4 we suffer the same fate as Dragonball... if we do, at least we were taken seriously like THIS XD

Anonymous said...

Ha! I'm a Yale brony myself (undergrad) -- nice to see there are a few more of us on this campus :)

BagOfChips said...

Is the debate going on atm then?

Anonymous said...

I went to California Institute of the Arts, the most prestigious ANIMATION school in the country. Still, nothing quite compares to YALE, it's more or less the highest kind of school one can aspire to attend.

We did it Bronies. We made them notice us :}

Anonymous said...

yay! We're soon in court!

Gozer the Equestrian said...

Your goal is complete and you're quitting? Come on Sethisto, that's what you said the first time someone made a Trixie plushie.

Anonymous said...

Oh YLS...

Gravenstein said...

Where's the link, though?

Anonymous said...

Here's the link:

http://www.yalelawtech.org/fair-use-of-the-week/fair-use-of-the-week-my-little-wu-tang-clan-by-viraus2/

The important part is at the very bottom: The video is indeed protected by fair use!

Hooray!

RainbowSprinkles said...

@Anonymous
Thank you, kind anon. That was an interesting article, fair use is an important legal dohicky, and it's good to try and get an understanding of it.

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

>Regardless of how or why the 20 and 30 somethings were first drawn to Twilight Sprinkle and the mystical land of Equestria,
>Twilight Sprinkle

That made me laugh way harder than it should've.

Anonymous said...

"Season 3, 4, 5...all guaranteed."

Where did you read this?

Anonymous said...

> WHY IS YALE LAW DISCUSSING PONIES?

Is it really that surprising? Fair use law is a big fucking deal. This guy got screwed out of 32 thousand for something that clearly falls under fair use:

http://waxy.org/2011/06/kind_of_screwed/

and I really hope that doesn't happen to bronies :(

Anonymous said...

And then it was renamed Celestia's Academy for Gifted Unicorns.

Anonymous said...

Ok, where is my Duke Nukem Forever review?

Casey said...

@Anonymous

A Yale Undergrad? You don't say! I guess I'm not the only one, then... College/Year? I'm Morse '13

Stockpile said...

tbh, that was a quite interesting read though a weird example. Nevertheless the conclusion seemed to be in our favor, so I'm happy! ^^

Viraus2 said...

Do you suppose Youtube would unblock my Beastie Boys video if I sent them this?

nemryn said...

Twilight Sprinkle is new best pony.

CoffeeGrunt said...

Blast! Beaten to first by a Sad Lyra avatar...I can't hate that. :(

Still waitin' on more Trixie fanfics. C'mon, it's been ages since someone popped a new one up there!

B-Man said...

I found the analysis intriguing. Also, there's now an ad at the top with a link to "Yale Bowls" made from Fluttersh...er, I mean trees.

Anonymous said...

@Casey

SY '12, myself. As I said, nice to know that New Haven has its share of pony fans.

Anonymous said...

Viraus2 commented on the article, and it definitely got a laugh out of me.

Randomjack said...

Can't wait to see some intellectual professor say, "I'm afraid I simply must disagree. The scene in which Pinkie Pie discusses the fallacies of urban gun crime were brilliantly assembled!"

Saphyr said...

13) Infiltrate higher educational facilities - Accomplished in ten seconds flat (Yale has been infiltrated)

14) Saturate higher educational facilities - Needs to be 20% more complete

15) Infiltrate local (American) political systems via higher educational facilities or otherwise - Accomplished in ten seconds flat, ahead of schedule (The Clinton's, who have prominent political connections and presence, have been infiltrated)

16) Saturate local (American) political systems via higher educational facilities or otherwise - Needs to be 20% more complete

17) Spur U.S. military development of orbital strike missile armed with cupcakes and friendship - Needs to be 20% more complete

18) Reach the optimal altitude for missile deployment - Needs to be 20% more complete

19) My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will be released into the atmosphere, ensuring COMPLETE... GLOBAL... SATURATION! - Needs to be 20% more complete

MichaelXX2 said...

MFW Twilight Sprinkle

Anonymous said...

someone needs to make an image of "Twilight sprinkle" right nao seriously

Tears of a valedictorian said...

I put that video on my facebook page, and a friend told me today he watched it 20+ times so far, so it's now my go-to pony introduction. Plus, it's the best thing ever.

Anonymous said...

I appreciate that the author corrected that Sprinkle typo. Also, the video's creator's comment made me lol.

PPP said...

Wow, so there are a few Yale Bronies in here. Grad student, here -- soon to be 4th year. Working on converting some other grad students, too.

TGPFluttershy said...
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TGPFluttershy said...

Somehow, I'm not THAT surprised.
Now we just need to get to the Senate and make sure that the 10-strikes/no streaming law doesn't pass.

Heartmend said...

LOL, I think the "Seasons 3, 4 & 5 are guaranteed" is just something tongue-in-cheek. "This thing is so popular there's no way they can NOT make more seasons of MLP:FIM!"

I'm pretty sure the decision go forward with Season 3 will be made while Season 2 is airing. If the ratings for S2 are good AND official pony merch sales remain strong I personally think we'll see a season 3. :)

Anonymous said...

This is not Yale Law! These are Yale undergrads under the direction of a lawyer and law-student research assistant at the Yale Law and Tech project.

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