Update: Screencaps, recaps, and Joo-won

302 March 7, 2013March 7, 2013

by javabeans

Illustration by pumpkinattack

What a morning. So stuff happened. There was a lot of emotion. And we here at Dramabeans realized once again what an awesomely supportive and fiercely loyal readership we have. We love you. ♥ Really, it was surprising and touching to see how much people care about this site and what we do. We wouldn’t be here without you.

Here’s what happened: Sites that infringe on material covered by Dramafever’s licensing agreements have been shut down in the past. The company that Dramafever hired to handle these cases saw that we covered a show they licensed. They filed the DMCA notice with our webhost, who warned us to delete or be shut down. We deleted (and replaced with lovely stick figures. You’re welcome).

We have spoken with reps from Dramafever, who have issued their official statement. They retracted the DMCA notice and have informed us we can resume screencapping. We’re a little gun-shy about that at the moment (hence the stick figures. You’re welcome), but will try easing back into normal operating procedure and bringing back the pretty.

We have to admit that the recent shakeups in the drama fan community have us uneasy, from streaming site and torrent crackdowns to fan recap sites being taken offline, and we’re not quite sure how the landscape may change in the future. We’re grateful to still be here, and we’re committed to sticking around, even if that requires evolving with the shifting sands (and maybe learning how to draw better stick figures). So thank you again for all the love and support, which is what keeps us going. Y’all rock.

-javabeans and girlfriday

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201 Rexy

March 11, 2013 at 1:12 PM

Javabeans and girlfriday, we love ya.

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202 cimori

March 12, 2013 at 2:09 AM

congrats dramabeans, just remember that u all already have many fans who are willing to defend u no matter what.

so keep fighting for recap. always waiting u'r news for new recap :)

and to dramafever : just remember u already have many enemy out here who are always watching u'r steps, so next time before do something use u'r damm brain not your ego. and backoff dramafever !!!!

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203 Nathalia

March 13, 2013 at 8:43 AM

That was a huge relief! I can't imagine my day without reading your recaps. Thank you for all the hard work jb & gf. Hope that the likes of dramafever will never set foot on our community again. Fighting!!