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I would not be surprised if the blatant copyright infringement that is rampant on Giphy has scared off potential buyers in the past. I know, I know, there's an
by jawns 6y ago
I would not be surprised if the blatant copyright infringement that is rampant on Giphy has scared off potential buyers in the past.
I know, I know, there's an argument that it's fair use, but that doesn't mean that legal costs won't be incurred to make that argument, nor that the argument will be ultimately successful.
I suppose if there's any company that's able to take on that legal risk, it's Facebook.
- im3w1l 6y agoIanal but isn't this what the DMCA safe harbor is about? Comply with takedown requests and you are fine.
- henryfjordan 6y agoNot when your whole business relies on exploiting copyrighted content, which someone from Disney might argue about Giphy.
- 3131s 6y agoWell, Facebook gets away with absolute murder in regard to copyrighted infringement (especially in the non-English parts of the site) so it's a good fit.
- duxup 6y agoAre short clips that you see on Giphy a legal risk?
- huac 6y agoIANAL, probably fall under fair use?
- paxys 6y agoCopyright holders don't care about users sharing seconds' worth of content and bringing them free advertising. And even if they do, Facebook already handles DMCA requests at a massive scale. There's no legal risk for them.