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Reminds me of the Snape Kills Dumbledore spoiler initiative that happened in 2005, where people would drive around bookstores with people yelling in line and spoiling it. Admittedly, kind of a dick move, but I have to admit I did find it kind of funny at the time. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/snape-kills-dumbledore
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Apparently it was video clips originally posted, but it seems like posting unpublished(?) copy of any type can fall under DMCA, which I guess makes sense. -> [HBO Lawyer] classifies the infringing content as 'summaries of unpublished, character, setting, and plots of a forthcoming series'
A summary can't be a matter of copyright. It's probably just the vehicle HBO chose to be able to identify the leaker, because claiming copyright infringement these days is like a superpower, and then use different hammer to go after them.
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It was people that didn't like reading or nerdy kids, trying to spoil their interests.
I doubt that. Someone who doesn't like reading wouldn't think of "spoiling a book" as a prank category that comes to mind or understands it to be a serious upset rather than just slightly annoying. Also, they'd likely feel that going to a bookstore and shouting things relating to a book serious is "cringe" or whatever you want to call it, if they aren't the type to even go to a bookstore in the first place.
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This is what TFA seems to say: > Unlike the DMCA notice, where WBD used “video” to describe the content, the declaration to the court by Michael Bentkover classifies the infringing content as “summaries of unpublished, character, setting, and plots of a forthcoming series”. Isn't that simply about spoiling people, or what's the "crime" here? The article also says "Copyright generally protects the expression of a work…
Most likely the culprit is someone on their staff that broke their NDA contract, but the DMCA is about stopping the proliferation of copyrighted material. They are misusing the DMCA because it has higher discovery/subpoena ability.
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TFA mentions what the actual issue is (it's not simply spoiling people)
This is what TFA seems to say: > Unlike the DMCA notice, where WBD used “video” to describe the content, the declaration to the court by Michael Bentkover classifies the infringing content as “summaries of unpublished, character, setting, and plots of a forthcoming series”. Isn't that simply about spoiling people, or what's the "crime" here? The article also says "Copyright generally protects the expression of a work…
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A mild reminder that humans tend towards inflicting pain on their fellow humans when there are no consequences.
I think it's extremely hard to argue that kids tend to be emotionally immature and especially vicious in this regard. But considering the GP has admitted that in retrospect they find this action to be a dick move I think it's important not to try and generalize immature behavior to all of humanity. The question of whether humans are more biased towards social or antisocial behavior[1] is a complex one that philosophy…
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TFA mentions what the actual issue is (it's not simply spoiling people)
This is what TFA seems to say: > Unlike the DMCA notice, where WBD used “video” to describe the content, the declaration to the court by Michael Bentkover classifies the infringing content as “summaries of unpublished, character, setting, and plots of a forthcoming series”. Isn't that simply about spoiling people, or what's the "crime" here? The article also says "Copyright generally protects the expression of a work…
There are enough laws that they'll find something to nail you on.
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Apparently it was video clips originally posted, but it seems like posting unpublished(?) copy of any type can fall under DMCA, which I guess makes sense. -> [HBO Lawyer] classifies the infringing content as 'summaries of unpublished, character, setting, and plots of a forthcoming series'
A summary can't be a matter of copyright. It's probably just the vehicle HBO chose to be able to identify the leaker, because claiming copyright infringement these days is like a superpower, and then use different hammer to go after them.
I could see an argument that it is a trade secret, too-- which could be used to oppose downstream dissemination.
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A mild reminder that humans tend towards inflicting pain on their fellow humans when there are no consequences.
I think it's extremely hard to argue that kids tend to be emotionally immature and especially vicious in this regard. But considering the GP has admitted that in retrospect they find this action to be a dick move I think it's important not to try and generalize immature behavior to all of humanity. The question of whether humans are more biased towards social or antisocial behavior[1] is a complex one that philosophy…