Well, "feelings" have their place ^-^, now don't 
they?
I have already given permission to have a cel of 
mine be reproduced as a fancel...so what? Oh 
yeah, feelings..Well, point-blank..
I feel like it doesn't bother me PERIOD.
I feel if someone copies this or that as long as 
it "remains known as a copy",  then "feeling-
wise" I am okay with it. I didn't make the thing 
in the first place. So, for me, having so much 
feelings attached to a possible item taken out of 
a link or chain of thousands of frames of similar 
items done by a staff of artists hired to fill in 
the colors to produce one huge body of work, and 
then being upset about my "tinie, tiny sliver of 
the pie" being copied, well, that is just not me. 
It feels trivial and petty to me. Life goes 
on...nothing to get your panties caught up in a 
bunch over, is how I feel. I have the original 
anyway. Rejoice! for that too is a fleeting 
fantasy. Now, don't misunderstand cause I just 
love anime. However, I try to get away from the 
purist thoughts of my ownership of cels something 
so endearingly special. These are all, for the 
most part,in IMHO hand-me-downs and used goods. 
Past down from studio, to owners, to another 
owner, etc. If Yukito Kishiro or Nobuteru Yuuki 
handpainted a cel for me and me alone, then I 
would very very pissed no doubt.
Another thing is that, most everyone dreams of 
keeping there cels "forever", but how many 
collectors actually do? When crisis occurs, there 
they go. Need some cash, there they go. Tired of 
collecting ,,there they go..on and on and on..and 
they end up in my lap ^-^ Never to part! Yeah, I 
wish...but reality tells me this might not be 
so...one day..one great blue moon!
One of my favorite cels in my collection btw is a 
fan cel. It is gorgeous and it was done by a 
great artist named Gwen. I have no qualms about 
it whatsoever. If someone has problems about it 
let me know, I'd be glad to discuss terms. 
I even contacted the copyright holder and 
announced it, to the satisfaction of the right 
holder. No problems whatsoever. I covered my 
bases and I took the right steps. I feel great.

Now that that is over, getting back to my 
original response over copyrights:

"In a nutshell", the post clears up a lot for 
other readers that strayed off course of the 
original topic and were discussing legalities of 
ownership. Especially FY fans, anime fans in 
general, and especially concerning the Japanese 
mentality in general not to be concerned about 
the issue (doujinshi for a great example) of 
reproducted anime works.

"That's all folks!"


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