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The site is amusing, and sure it feels fairly obvious that it’s parody/satire in this context, but also I went through the FAQ and fine print and I don’t see an

The site is amusing, and sure it feels fairly obvious that it’s parody/satire in this context, but also I went through the FAQ and fine print and I don’t see any admission that it’s parody/satire. They seem to hold very true to the joke to the point that it does feel a bit worrying. At what point does parody/satire become misinformation and defamation? If my mom landed on this site after it was emailed to her from one of her Fox News-loving elderly friends, I’m not sure she would have enough context to realize it wasn’t real. It seems like it would be better if they at least had a disclaimer or notice or something on the bottom of the site. On a related note, I hosted The Empire Strips Back parody Star Wars burlesque show at my theater, and they had to have disclaimers everywhere explicitly saying it was a parody production. They got sued and won in court but the disclaimers were an important part of that. Of course if the main concern is the misuse of the DMCA to get this taken down by claiming copyright infringement, that’s clearly an abuse of the DMCA. But if the companies involved sued for defamation/slander/whatever, I think there’s at least a legitimate concern here.

aidenn0 2y ago
The original A Modest Proposal[1] also didn't include any admission it was parody/satire, and held very true to the joke to the point that it seemed worrying. The more uncomfortable it makes you, the more it sticks. Also, the DMCA was not involved (though it's not clear that Netlify was aware of that). 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
hobs 2y ago
The disclaimers were an important part of that likely because it made it even easier to establish than using some sort of "reasonable person" argument - that doesn't make it the standard required though.
ChoHag 2y ago
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aidenn0 2y ago

The original A Modest Proposal[1] also didn't include any admission it was parody/satire, and held very true to the joke to the point that it seemed worrying. The more uncomfortable it makes you, the more it sticks. Also, the DMCA was not involved (though it's not clear that Netlify was aware of that). 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal

hobs 2y ago

The disclaimers were an important part of that likely because it made it even easier to establish than using some sort of "reasonable person" argument - that doesn't make it the standard required though.

ChoHag 2y ago

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