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Thugs using copyright

mercredi 7 juillet 2021 à 02:00

A thug tried to use copyright law to block publication of recordings of how he was treating the protesters at Black Lives Matter event. It wasn't the first time.

A human US judge could rule that the right to publish news of events overrides copyright law. The thugs expect that automatic copyright censorship filters will not be able to make such a judgment.

I support Black Lives Matter, but I would equally condemn thugs for doing this to people supporting any other cause, even a cause I oppose. (However, thugs tend to be friendly and helpful to supporters of right-wing causes.)

It would be ironic if the thug gets sued for public performance of the song. That too is copyright infringement. But I do not hope that this happens, because it too would increase the unjust power of copyright.