Man Arrested for Sharing Copyright Infringing Nude Scenes Through Reddit. - eviltoast
  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    4 months ago

    Assuming he did not upload the whole movie or demanded money for those scenes, I don’t see how that’s a good case for the copyright holder. Movie snippets are used all the time, everywhere, including YouTube, without this being much of an issue. The most glaring one there would be the auto detection, which again, is more to prevent actual piracy being shared.

    Edit: Also, why is he getting arrested instead of getting a letter?!

    • conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Part of the (US) definition of fair use is the impact of the use on the original party. Killing their viewership with a review is still fair use because it’s balanced with the public’s right to a review, but I think there’s a legitimate argument that turning their movie into nothing but a sex object, especially systematically like that, does harm that’s not protected.