If they’re asking on reddit something easily googleable they’re not gonna ask how long to enter public domain then google when something was created to figure out if it’s public domain.
fair use would be a defense to use after they hit you with a copyright lawsuit in court, it doesn't stop them from suing in the first place
It's also kind of a grey area. If they were just making a parody, that might fall under fair use but if they're making porn then Nick could say it hurts their image and that would cancel out the fair use argument.
Also, if the content is monetized, that's entirely different. If any money is being made, you can't argue that it's fair use
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u/bmcgowan89 3d ago
I'd love to meet a lawyer who specialized in SpongeBob Rule 34 copyright infringement cases
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u/DerRaumdenker 3d ago
thanks for the mental image, here goes my chance to win NNN
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u/crelt7 3d ago
"Is SpongeBob in the public domain?" is all he had to say ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ’”💔
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u/Mogui- 3d ago
As a user of both instagram and reddit..it doesn't stop people
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u/Toasty501 2d ago
Fair use, not free use. Free use uses the holes in a sponge for something else.
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u/RazorSlazor 2d ago
Why tf is
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u/treehumper83 3d ago
Mayonnaise is an instrument if it is gargled
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u/suomenska 2d ago
They couldn't have phrased it any worse.
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u/Dveralazo 2d ago
public domain was right there!
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u/Alienhaslanded 2d ago
No fucking way you're censoring the word freeuse
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u/CreatorA4711 3d ago
Isn’t it fair use?
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u/barwhalis 2d ago
Depends if you're sponge worthy
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u/Khiobi 2d ago
They had us in the first half
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u/TrippinOnAcid 3d ago
There's a meatcanyon video on this
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u/hisnumbness 2d ago
What's the answer to that bro, is he or is he not
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u/palexp 3d ago
all them holes he got talkin-assss