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  • WesternInfidels@feddit.onlineEnglish
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    15 days ago

    “That’s not enough, though, as I assume many comedians and dancers haven’t gone through the trouble to copyright their material,” he added. “We need a way to help those creatives without letting bad actors make more fake claims (happens all the time unfortunately).”

    Creative works are copyright by default. I guess Mosseri means to say “many [performers] haven’t gone through the trouble of registering copyrights with the government or with copyright policing services,” which is, like so many other things, a hoop that big, prosperous organizations can jump through more easily than individuals can.

    • dragonlover@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Having gone through my own DMCA slog with a news site using my artwork without permission, having copyright without it being registered is basically useless. I consulted two different lawyers and both of them recommended the same thing, register every work I produce, which is just not feasible.

      Took 2 years and multiple self submitted DMCAs before they finally removed my artwork. Lawyers basically told me I couldn’t do shit unless I registered my art.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      Creative works are copyright by default.

      Fuck me his quote got me torqued. If I create a thing, it’s fucking mine. I can go further and register for a trademark, but the copyright is mine. If I so much as take a pic of a mushroom on my phone, that pic is copyrighted instantly and without question.