Wow… While the action is ethically crappy, I never would have thought that to be an arrestable offense. Using the actresses to generate new nudes and porn scenes? Sure, but to literally cut out the nude scenes from real movies? Kind of crazy to get arrested for that without some sort of warning or cease and desist letter first.
Man Arrested for Sharing Copyright Infringing Nude Scenes Through Reddit.
Submitted 3 months ago by 101@reddthat.com to technology@lemmy.world
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lemmy_user_838586@lemmy.world 3 months ago
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yeah, an arrest for something that would be generally understood to be fair use is a lot.
I can see the case for “that’s not fair use”. I’m not necessarily convinced either way. But an arrest?
protist@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Looks like this is happening in Denmark, which has different laws than the US’s “fair use.”
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Fair use for tugging it
101@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I am very shocked for the whole thing,This is a very bad precedent.
The man literally did something that the website itself allows by default (by allowing the subreddit) the one at fault here is Reddit, not the man himself.
Also it should fall under the fair use.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Ehhhhh… that’s a pretty shit take. Any site that allows uploads of files “allows” uploads of CSAM? See how that breaks down immediately?
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A porn company could make the same, out-of-context argument just to slap an extra charge onto the arrest. That 2 minutes of badly acted exposition was a critical reason why she’s taking cocks in 3 holes. It’s really a lovely scene you turned into pure filth!
0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
I think the judge would know it when they see it and laugh them out of the court room.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Just FYI, this wasn’t clips of porn. This was actual movies with nude scenes.
Still not entirely sure how I feel about it, but I do agree it’s not the same thing.
jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Why do you not know how to feel about it?
To me it’s just clip collection, you could have a collection of all death scenes or car cashes. They’re all just clips from videos people agreed to make for public consumption.
conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Because in basically any other scenario it’s obvious sexual harassment, and behavior like that is a big part of the reason actresses aren’t comfortable doing a role like that.
It’s not porn stars who signed up for that content being made into a highlight. It’s an actress who agreed to do a specific scene as part of a movie being treated like they’re doing porn.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Just FYI, this wasn’t clips of porn. This was actual movies with nude scenes.
Why does that matter? To a horny enough 14 year old there is no difference.
argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
So, is r/celebnsfw closing? Because it’s exactly what it is. Guy was probably the only human in a sea of bots posting there.
burgersc12@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Its cause hes from Denmark and made their own version of r/watchitfortheplot. Apparently illegal in Denmark. But like its already online, just takes a quick search to find the scenes in question.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Rights Alliance also called on Reddit to take the matter seriously. While many of the problematic clips were already removed at that point, the group urged Reddit to implement upload filters to prevent future trouble.
Nothing sinister here, folks. Just defending helpless women against those evil techbros.
Makhno@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nothing sinister here, folks. Just defending helpless women against those evil techbros.
These are paid actresses. Nothing helpless about it. Clips of film and TV are uploaded all the time. How is this any different?
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I was just being sarcastic. The article is explicit that there is a copyright organization behind this.
badbrainstorm@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lame
101@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I am confused, are you talking about the man or Reddit or the news or what?
johsny@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yes.
DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
That seems insane, is there some special reason they got arrested that was left out of something?
Asafum@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Money. You aren’t paying for the video that the scene is from, you’re just watching the scene.
It’s almost always about money… Absolutely absurd
unreachable@lemmy.world 3 months ago
!WatchItForThePlot@lemmynsfw.com
LiPoly@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Abuse? Molested? This is a load of shit. If they don’t want to be seen nude then don’t be filmed nude.
the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yeah sorry this isn’t molestation, this is how media works in a digital connected world. The fact the entertainment industry has been denying the realities of their industry for 50 some odd years causes some head-scratching takes, like an actress being “molested” by someone jerking off to her in a scene they didnt pay for. No, sorry lady, once you expose the flesh to the camera you relinquish the right to keep it to yourself.
These stupid goddamn articles always trot out some actress or stagehand to humanize the ‘victims’ too, when its really just rich production companies losing money. Fuck everything about this.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Regretting doing a nude scene is humanizing. Making your regret someone else’s problem is just shitty all around.
SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 3 months ago
This is also why I am thankful for the American first amendment.
It would appear that in that user’s country, it is considered additionally a crime to take the nude scene out of context.
I think a lot of people online take freedom of speech for granted, not realizing that many supposedly civilized countries have an increasing number of restrictions on unpopular speech, critical speech, or otherwise undesirable speech like this.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Make no mistake. The US is heading in the same direction. Look at the proposed anti-deepfake laws. That guy could be prosecuted extremely harshly under those.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I also would’ve expected nudity to be less taboo there. Would it have been just as likely to be arrested for sharing fully clothed still shots? That would actually make a lot more sense: distribution of copyrighted, non-promotional material.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Given the country in question, the actress’ nationality, and the writers name, this may be a simple translation misalignment. Molest doesn’t have the same weight in every language/region. Molest is more akin to “bother” in Spanish, for example.
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I’m pretty sure she means molested as in abused or misused.
On a side note, as to the molesting aspect, I can’t see how this is any different than 14yo me having a couple of VHS tapes where the boob-parts were more worn than the rest of the tape. Or going frame by frame on the Taxi 2 DVD in the scene where Petra does kung fu in a skirt. Or golden child where the mythical woman behind the curtain is revealed. Or the shower/locker room scene in robocop. Or the bath scene in coming to America. Or the playboy mansion in Beverly Hills cop 2… Anyway I digress.
If you appear naked in a movie, expect teenage boys and creepy men to jerk off to you. Not the perfect world would be, I know. In the perfect world everyone would respect that the actress was only nude as an artistic choice, and it wasn’t meant to be spank bank material.
Copyright on the other hand, I thought that was just a civil law matter. Wonder why the guy was arrested.
ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This isn’t Spanish (I speak it), it’s also the same word in Danish according to the dictionary.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
It is copyright infringement. As a copyright abolitionist, I don’t care.
Also, the outrage here is the belief that it is wrong to shown your naked body to a camera and then publishing it.
And now my warning, people who believe the naked body is shameful and that those who have shown their body have done something wrong. You are a monster, leave my planet before next month, or else …