Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
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Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#2If it's not clear (the article does say "if not[,] you will need to get a license from the creator"), it's because most memes and GIFs take a copyrighted image/clip before adding a caption to it.
E.g. in the article there is an image from the copyrighted work "Dawson's Creek".
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#3This is only for commercial usage, private and non commercial is explicitly exempted.
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#4actual article (in german) https://www.golem.de/news/leistungsschutzrecht-memes-sollen-...
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#5If it's not clear (the article does say "if not[,] you will need to get a license from the creator"), it's because most memes and GIFs take a copyrighted image/clip before adding a caption to it. E.g. in the article there is an image from the copyrighted work "Dawson's Creek".
> E.g. in the article there is an image from the copyrighted work "Dawson's Creek".
The image doesn't supersede Dawson's Creek. My understanding is that this template is lampooning overwrought acting on the show. Isn't this covered under transformational fair use in the United States?
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#6This is only for commercial usage, private and non commercial is explicitly exempted.
So, for example, reddit or imgur would be affected by this as they're for profit, right?
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#7This is only for commercial usage, private and non commercial is explicitly exempted.
This is good, of course. I am curious: while a typical user of imgur would clearly be non-commercial, would imgur itself be at risk for hosting the material? Or does Germany have a “safe harbour”-like concept for platforms that host user content?
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#8If it's not clear (the article does say "if not[,] you will need to get a license from the creator"), it's because most memes and GIFs take a copyrighted image/clip before adding a caption to it. E.g. in the article there is an image from the copyrighted work "Dawson's Creek".
> E.g. in the article there is an image from the copyrighted work "Dawson's Creek". The image doesn't supersede Dawson's Creek. My understanding is that this template is lampooning overwrought acting on the show. Isn't this covered under transformational fair use in the United States?
Probably, but did you miss that this post is about German law?
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#9I'm imagining sites returning a quantized blocky 128x128 image if you have a German IP.
Re: Draft of German copyright reform proposes memes should only be up to 128 pixels
#10This is only for commercial usage, private and non commercial is explicitly exempted.
Commercial... memes?