5 ms·
They're rehosting loads of copyrighted content, too.
by mintplant 11y ago
They're rehosting loads of copyrighted content, too.
- georgehotelling 11y agoThat was pretty much how YouTube started. Content ID wasn't part of their MVP.
- minimaxir 11y agoContent ID was added because of the legal issues YouTube faced.
- ljk 11y agowhy are there no legal issues with giphy.com?
- roymurdock 11y agoBecause they're not making enough money for anyone to care yet.
- rhino369 11y agoOne key difference I see is that GIPHY is clearly either uploading or categorizing/tagging/grouping pretty obviously copyrighted stuff and is doing so under their own name "team giphy." That's a huge risk because it probably breaches the copyright safe-harbor under DMCA. If they cut that out, they are probably fine.
- zatkin 11y agoIf you get your business very large very quick, you can pay off settlements and regulations. This is sort of what Uber has been doing, from what I've come to understand.
- rezistik 11y agoWouldn't GIF's count as original work in the IP courts? As in, the GIF is a significant change from the source so it's now a new thing.