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A prison sentence for not providing captions on an OF video isn’t overreach? I’m not sure if I’m being hyperbolic or not, the article didn’t go into any meaning

A prison sentence for not providing captions on an OF video isn’t overreach? I’m not sure if I’m being hyperbolic or not, the article didn’t go into any meaningful depth.

riffraff 1y ago
I bet you a beer nobody will go to jail for not captioning an onlyfans video, because that is not how regulations work. There is a range of fines, and a minor non-repeat infringement will obviously not get you the maximum penalty. But consider the case where a person cannot book a medical appointment, or ask a refund, or claim insurance. The company will be fined, and if the offense does not get fixed than _at some point_ the responsible person may face jail time.
- noirscape 1y ago
  To given an idea, one of the more relevant lawsuits on the GDPR was about linking to Google Fonts/Google CDN resources on a blog. The judge in that case held that doing so is a privacy violation since the webpage now connects to Google without the users' consent. Total fine? €150. An extremely token amount because the blog owner obviously didn't intend to break the law. Quite the contrast to the million dollar fines you hear about for big tech companies.
guappa 1y ago
According to you blind people have no right to a bank account?
Mordisquitos 1y ago
This is the first time I've heard about these new rules on EU digital accessibility and yet I am absolutely sure that you are being hyperbolic about "a prison sentence for not providing captions on an OF video". Assume good faith.
- paganel 1y ago
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edent 1y ago
Do you understand how laws work? Laws are not computer code. They're not run, unthinkingly, by a judge acting as a CPU. We have humans (like juries) looking to see whether an offence was committed. Are they going to find someone guilty of an offence like this? Then we have judges who look at the whole facts of a case to determine a sentence[0]. Would they think it proportionate for a first-time offender to be imprisoned for this? On the other hand, if a large content creator has been repeatedly warned not to break the law and they've ignored those warnings, why shouldn't they be punished? [0] Yes, some jurisdictions have sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimums.
Mashimo 1y ago
What makes you think that exact scenario would result in a prison sentence?
tossandthrow 1y ago
Again, it seems like you don't understand how this stuff works. "providing captions on an OF video" likely will not lead to full non-compliance. Anywho, to what extend I agree with stuff like this is another conversation. Just don't misrepresent how the legal system works.

A prison sentence for not providing captions on an OF video isn’t overreach? I’m not sure if I’m being hyperbolic or not, the article didn’t go into any meaningful depth.

riffraff 1y ago

I bet you a beer nobody will go to jail for not captioning an onlyfans video, because that is not how regulations work. There is a range of fines, and a minor non-repeat infringement will obviously not get you the maximum penalty. But consider the case where a person cannot book a medical appointment, or ask a refund, or claim insurance. The company will be fined, and if the offense does not get fixed than _at some point_ the responsible person may face jail time.

noirscape 1y ago
To given an idea, one of the more relevant lawsuits on the GDPR was about linking to Google Fonts/Google CDN resources on a blog. The judge in that case held that doing so is a privacy violation since the webpage now connects to Google without the users' consent. Total fine? €150. An extremely token amount because the blog owner obviously didn't intend to break the law. Quite the contrast to the million dollar fines you hear about for big tech companies.

guappa 1y ago

According to you blind people have no right to a bank account?

Mordisquitos 1y ago

This is the first time I've heard about these new rules on EU digital accessibility and yet I am absolutely sure that you are being hyperbolic about "a prison sentence for not providing captions on an OF video". Assume good faith.

paganel 1y ago
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edent 1y ago

Do you understand how laws work? Laws are not computer code. They're not run, unthinkingly, by a judge acting as a CPU. We have humans (like juries) looking to see whether an offence was committed. Are they going to find someone guilty of an offence like this? Then we have judges who look at the whole facts of a case to determine a sentence[0]. Would they think it proportionate for a first-time offender to be imprisoned for this? On the other hand, if a large content creator has been repeatedly warned not to break the law and they've ignored those warnings, why shouldn't they be punished? [0] Yes, some jurisdictions have sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimums.

Mashimo 1y ago

What makes you think that exact scenario would result in a prison sentence?

tossandthrow 1y ago

Again, it seems like you don't understand how this stuff works. "providing captions on an OF video" likely will not lead to full non-compliance. Anywho, to what extend I agree with stuff like this is another conversation. Just don't misrepresent how the legal system works.