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Won't someone catch that thief?! (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Most don't.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Most don't know shit about copyright either, cause OOP has a case, assuming they used their own meme template.
The entire meme economy is technically one big copyright violation, which just shows how utterly broken current copyright law is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jwo5qc78QU

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A case for what damages? Reddit karma?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

And the judge has ruled in favour of the plaintiff and awards them the amount of 20,000 karmas in damages.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Isn't there an exception for transformative works, like adding captions?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There's always a relevant Tom Scott video

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not anymore. Didn't he retire?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Yes, but most of his videos are timeless.