There is a little bit of advice in the business world that states when you want something done, copy everyone.
I know that the statement recanting the letter was issued. I appreciate the prompt address of our concerns.

That said, I'm still writing to DF. In the next 10 days I will be mailing several letters. I am writing to DF, I am writing to Hulu, my congress people, the White House, the Blue House and all of the heads of the major stations (cable too) in Korea. And all letters will be copied to all of the other parties.

As for here I will go back to my years of lurking (several times each day and usually my first non-work, non-weather internet), but my support and deep appreciation is ever yours.

Yey!!! to JB, GF and the DB crew... I've stated my mind and I tell you my I felt like the wind got sucked out of me this morning with your news, truly SCARY!!!.. Really, truly heart breaking.. but luckily it's been corrected!!! Big, big sigh of relief!!! Right, or is there some hidden clause... I sure hope it's truly all over...

How heartwarming the big support you truly have from us your fans!!! We truly love you guys!!! Mwahh, fighting and God bless you all for bringing enjoyment to this sometimes gloomy world!!! THAnKS FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

Gosh, they must have really clever people at DF. I hope this means that they have driven more people away from DF and over to viki. So would that mean that DF will have fewer licensing rights if fewer people are watching at DF? Here's hoping that viki will get more licensing rights in the future.

Way to go girls and all you Beannies. I'm a little sad though. I was so looking forward to the stick figures.

WooHoo!

Just want to extend my gratitude. A million thanks Dramabeans!
I don't comment as much, however, I have been your avid fan since 2009. (if I'm not mistaken)Love to read your recap, comments and insights. Actually, afterwork the first thing I do, turn on my PC (don't want to use my Iphone since it small screen) and click on your site. As soon as I get my Dramabeans fix, my day is complete and I feel a lot better for real. :)

Thank you very much! Rock on \m/

i am relieved that all is well now. like many many commenters here, http://www.dramabeans.com is a daily fixture in my life and i would not have found dramafever, viki or the other sites without this blog. this is by far the BEST kdrama blog out there and any attempt to mess with it is NOT okay. i hope this doesn't happen again but am glad to know there are ride-or-die beanies with whom i can band together and protect this integral part of kdramaland.

JB, GF & recap minions--you guys are the best. we appreciate what you do <3

I'm glad things worked out so well and so quickly this time. The Db community is a strong one!

I did want to mention that you're not without recourse in these situations, either:

If you're interested, Fanlore has an archive of articles tracing the development of fair use laws and fan production from 1992 to the present. http://fanlore.org/wiki/Legal_Analysis

There are also legal scholars working on fandom and fair use; see Rebecca Tushnet's writing, for example. http://www.tushnet.com/law/law.html

Lastly, the Center for Social Media (a US institution) addressed the question of screencaps for fandom purposes in 2009. I'm not certain how fair use law has shifted since then, but here's their answer: http://centerforsocialmedia.org/blog/question-month/question-month-using-copyrighted-images-fan-sites

So glad this whole fiasco is over. I love this site and you too. I am such a fan.

Reading recaps help makes my drama-viewing more easier to understand because sometimes there are things that I don't understand and reading recaps help clarify it so much better.

Thank you you two!

Totally awesome drawing! I recall the exact scene, it's so realistic! Thank you, artist and DB-so-much-more-than-recappers. Fighting \/!

Love love love!!!!

i came years ago for the kdrama/k-pop culture fix, and have happily stayed for the quality fun and camaraderie. as a lurker and silent supporter, i really want Team DB to know that you guys are much much loved in my book and i love your passion :)
rock on!

You guys are awesome. Stay strong!

So glad DF finally backed down. DB is my #1 visited site and I love you girls and your witty commentary!

There may be more shake ups in dramaland to come if DF continues on this trend. Stay strong, Fighting!

OMG lol I love this site! I will support you to the end! Dramabeans Fighting! At least recaps will be even more entertaining. I wonder if you can use screen caps from Viki or will they get in trouble too. Good luck ladies. I know loads of people would be disappointed without this fabulous site

Love this site! Love what you girls are doing.

I'm a fan!

:)

Just wanted to take this opportunity to say... We love you javabeans and girlfriday! We love you Dramabeans!

Thank you so much for all your hard work all these years. The last 6 years would have been totally different without you. Hwaiting!

I also visit this site daily! Keep at it!

I heart you Javabeans and Girlfriday! I'm on this site everyday and I don't know what I'd do without it.

Torrents and dramabeans forever

YAY :D Huzzah! Dramabeans, fighting!!!!! <3 We loveth you ! <3

Fighting. For a non-korean speaking drama fan, you and your recaps fan the fire of my interest in kdramas, always.

I'm happy to hear they apologized but I am even happier to see so many negative comments there xD

Oh wow, I've only gotten into this today. :/

I've barely uttered a peep on this site, but please know that I am a loyal fan who's been quietly enjoying your recaps and articles and the utter awesome you always serve up here. Recaps are one thing, but thoughtful statements on the "why I like/don't like this drama" are another. I honestly would not have gotten to know some of the most compelling storytelling I've ever experienced had it not been for Dramabeans, so thank you, ladies! :)

We love you :)

I like all your readers and supporter, want to thank you for the amazing job you do bringing us all things K-drama related. Even though I'm mainly a reader I check dramabeans EVERY day, throughout the day. I' m glad that DF realized that their initial decision was unwise (stupid, insane etc). Although I must say that when I think of DF the first word that comes to mind is...bully. I hope that K-drama fans continue to voice their displeasure with DF's actions.

javabeans and girlfriday, thank you continuing to share your thoughts and insights. I can imagine that this situation was stressful. Sending hugs.

It's great to see the K-drama community (fans) standing together. :). You guys/gals are awesome.

(On a side note: I wanted to check out the DF blog to check the comments but I got a weird message. I wonder if they took the post down?)

I'm glad that a retraction was issued, but I totally understand feeling gunshy about the whole issue.

Yuck.

This is not because mistake.

You should admit it, Dramafever. You issue the DMCA intentionally.

You already take down mysoju, still fighting with dramacrazy, now you start the war with dramabeans....

You want to monopoly kdrama in cyber-world.

Anyway, this is the Victory of the United Kdrama Fans.

:) :) :)

I love dramabeans and all the recappers who put in hours where they could have spent sleeping, or eating.. etc... just so we can have our piping hot recaps the very next day...

I am forever grateful for your work and dedication, and proud to be a beanie!! YAAAY

i love Dramabeans! it's to only blog that keeps me insane in my insane world of advertising =) More Power!!!

Thank you so much for all your hard work! I've been a loyal fan for 4-5 years now, and I go to your site everyday! I love reading all your insights! Fighting Dramabeans! We love you guys!! <3

What the freak?! I'm gone for a day....and so much happens! That's it....I'm never leaving my computer again! Oh and bye-bye DramaFever. To hell with 'em...

Anyone know where I can find the unsubscribe button? I'm having trouble finding it....maybe bc I'm still fuming with rage...

Dramabeans forever!~ ^___^ Wootwoot!~

Relief.
Gah, as happy as I am for Korea for all the attention its getting these days, it's times like these that I really miss the good ole Kdrama days where you had to search like crazy to find subs and the community was smaller and closer knit and no one cared about what we did. *sigh*

YAY!! I am so glad thing worked out for you guys and thank yo so much for creating such an amazing site where I spend most of my time looking for dramas, news and varieties shows. I love this site and I don't think I will ever stop coming to this site. Thank you and we love you guys and you guys ROCK!!:)

That is interesting, I didn't realize that there was a third party that companies employed to send out DMCA notices- if I were them, I'd prefer to have my own lawyers handle that. So this third party then couldn't tell the difference between illegal streaming video and some posted screen caps. Hmm.

Woohoo for jb, gf, dramabeans, and all the beaners!