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The submission for the previous post didn't get much traction here, so I'm seeing it for the first time. I'm pretty sure that "YYYYYYY" (ugh, Medium tries to h
by SloopJon 5y ago
The submission for the previous post didn't get much traction here, so I'm seeing it for the first time. I'm pretty sure that "YYYYYYY" (ugh, Medium tries to hijack copy) is still named later in the post.
A few people have commented to the effect that this is a tempest in a teapot, but the phenomenon of copyleft trolling is news to me. It's fundamentally contrary to the spirit of Creative Commons and like-minded licenses, and has a chilling effect on their use. Cory claims that another of Pixsy's clients, Marco Verch, single-handedly shuttered a Dutch charity.
I've never paid much attention to the Creative Commons version numbers. I sure will now.
- ShowalkKama 5y ago>ugh, Medium tries to hijack copy you can set 'dom.even.clipboardevents.enabled' to 'false' in about:config if you are on Firefox (/ forks). This should prevent websites from knowing when you copy / paste something.
- netsharc 5y agoSo they have clients? I thought they just send out claims and quietly collect the cheque... Or, since that legally iffy, they probably have bots that scan for usagr of CC-licensed content, and when they get hits, they ask the content creator if they would like to be their client and get a percentage of the "mugging"...
- greenyoda 5y ago> So they have clients? I thought they just send out claims and quietly collect the cheque... Of course they have clients. Only the actual copyright holder can sue for copyright infringement.
- thrill 5y agoCompanies have been known to claim copyright and ask for settlement without owning said copyright. I've been targeted like this, for a media piece that's been public domain for over half a century.