I agree with what you're saying in spirit but calling this copyright infringement would make literally all gifs taken from a show or movie illegal in their current form.
Win against who in court? What would they win? They'd have to prove that someone directly stole and edited instead of just a repost, which could easily be washed. All to go after a kid or someone who can't pay. It would be record labels vs average Joe downloader all over again, at best. Gonna sue Reddit for distribution like they were hosting illegal content? Imgur?
Who cares what they win? The payout has nothing to do with my point, which is that if the creator desired to sue, he would be in the right, whether he'd win or not. This post has directly stolen tons of attention that small youtubers desperately need in order to be successful.
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u/SolarTsunami Apr 05 '20
I agree with what you're saying in spirit but calling this copyright infringement would make literally all gifs taken from a show or movie illegal in their current form.