That's stupid, memes are fair use because they are satire, if you just used the image unedited perhaps they would have a claim but the whole point of a meme is to mock something by altering something else, memes are satire. A meme is no different from a Weird Al Yankovic song.
On the other hand I would like to see the EU try it. That would be interesting.
spot-on.
And news paper satire cartoons.
I just said something similar thing, but you were first. Therefore I give you an upvote. :)
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Only thing that would get harder would be banning cryptos. I'm a big advocate of copyrights and patents. But just like any other great tool like nuclear energy etc. it can be used for very destructive means and that's what these idiots have been doing for some time (with patent trolls and other scum)
They need to understand why copyrights even exist in the first place. Copyrights let the creators make money off of their creations. It's pretty much like having a bounty on something. there is a lot of incentive to create and creators can be self sufficient without sponsors.
EU needs to get schooled on fair use.
The meme police will be kicking down doors across the continent while the bus stations become rape rooms.
"They need to understand why copyrights even exist in the first place. Copyrights let the creators make money off of their creations. "
Exactly, no one is going to confuse a meme with the movie it came from nor will it prevent the author from making money off of it. No one is going to stop making movies lest a frame becomes integrated into a meme.
Don't you know, the mayor of Cologne has figured out way to stop all of that. Girls just need to keep the men at arms length. If the women can't outrun them, that's her failure as a human being.
BTW did you saw my #Trudeaueulogy post: https://steemit.com/comedy/@vimukthi/revisiting-trudeaueulogy-some-of-the-best-political-satire-ever
That video points out the motivation and justification they use, guilt
you colonized these people long ago therefor now they can colonize you and if you say shit it is hate speech.
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Well, as far as I know nor in the United States of America nor in the European Union the copyright laws allow royalty-free use of a material on the basis of the satirical, parodic or humorous intention of the "second hand" author, and I guess it partially derives from the interpretation margin which would arise from such a subjective claim (a same artwork may be seen as a parody from its content creator point of view, and as a plain political or social statement from other viewers opinions).
In case it doesn't exist yet, and following your suggestion, it'd be beneficial to promote the adoption of a "humorous" Creative Commons licence attribution :-)
Upon further reading I will change my argument to say that memes are parody.
Parody is very strongly protected while satire is less so but still protected.
https://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/committees/intellectual/roundtables/0506_outline.pdf
they note that:
I think a single frame from a movie that has been turned into a meme satisfies both of those conditions.