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I would like to point out Shogakukan's directive is not a law. While I am not familiar with Japanese law, I doubt that anyone could ban something like plot summaries and survive a decent legal challenge. If Shogakukan wants to go after a site based in another country, they are going to have to do it by that country's laws. I think DCW is hosted in the US so Shogakukan would use the usual DMCA takedown notification. IANAL, but in the US, I doubt they will be able to legally back takedowns of plot summaries, list of contents (as long as not directly copied), images used as illustrations of a topic, criticism or reviews, and parodies (note that most fan art and fiction are not parodies). This won't however stop them from being able to serve takedown notices. As lawsuits are expensive to fight, I imagine most people will comply. The legality of fan fiction and fan art in general in the United States seems to be a murky gray area. There are multiple factors that have to be taken into consideration when deciding if something qualifies as fair use or not. Against fan fiction/fan art is that it is a derivative work and the fan artist is violating the exclusive right of the copyright holder to control and distribute his/her work. Also most fan fiction and art borrow significantly (character design, settings) from the originals. On the other hand, most fan fiction/fan art is non-commercial (i.e. not sold), does not replace or substitute for the original work, and does not negatively impact the saleability of the original work or derivative works the author may create. Also, fan work has a promotional aspect. The result is that the legality is determined on a case by case basis. This is also expensive. Shogakukan will not want to deal with every individual case. My bet is that the impact of this directive isn't going to have much international effect because I doubt that Shogakukan willing to spend the extra resources to go after foreign based sites which are often in other languages and do not make up a substantial money earning base.

I'm AiCon, of course i prefer Ai. Her personality is unique, she's cool, calm, smart and sweet inside. Her sarcasm is also one of many reasons i like her cause that make us alike ( i tease my friends all the times ). She seems to be a cold person at first, but she's changing a lots now, she stronger (in fighting BO), she more open up and i finally got to see her "demon face", her girly scream which are out of character when compare to the 'old' Ai. In short, i choose Ai.