A lot of people on the internet don’t realize how much content is plain copyright infringement that simply doesn’t get pursued. Memes, fanart, edits, covers, so forth.
Personally I think that should be reason to rethink how IP law is written, if the average person doesn’t find so many uses infringing and they have become part of the typical cultural habits. But that hasn’t happened.
Of course the appropriate attitude is - fuck 'em. Copyright infringement like that isn’t hurting anyone, least of all the rightsholder. Oh no, your poor revenue stream, interrupted by one screenshot from a two-hour movie getting a zillion captions. Oh no, what if someone somewhere hears a fifty-year-old song and the writer doesn’t get their half-pence in royalties? Well, the writer’s family. Well, the recording cartel that manages their catalog. But the ha’penny!
A lot of people on the internet don’t realize how much content is plain copyright infringement that simply doesn’t get pursued. Memes, fanart, edits, covers, so forth.
Personally I think that should be reason to rethink how IP law is written, if the average person doesn’t find so many uses infringing and they have become part of the typical cultural habits. But that hasn’t happened.
Of course the appropriate attitude is - fuck 'em. Copyright infringement like that isn’t hurting anyone, least of all the rightsholder. Oh no, your poor revenue stream, interrupted by one screenshot from a two-hour movie getting a zillion captions. Oh no, what if someone somewhere hears a fifty-year-old song and the writer doesn’t get their half-pence in royalties? Well, the writer’s family. Well, the recording cartel that manages their catalog. But the ha’penny!