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Why so much hate when an artist enforces his own copyright on an image, but only against companies or individuals profiting from it? It seems pretty darn simil
by greggyb 12y ago
Why so much hate when an artist enforces his own copyright on an image, but only against companies or individuals profiting from it?
It seems pretty darn similar to when a company is sued for GPL infringement, but no one cares about the little projects that gain no traction that are probably in technical violation of the license.
- MichaelGG 12y agoIt's more like an author starts contributing to an open source project, and everyone things he is contributing under the license. Then he turns around and says "what, no, this is copyright me, all rights reserved".
- greggyb 12y agoSo if there were a class action lawsuit representing all 4chan users targeting the same individuals/companies that the artist is, then you'd see that as fine? Note: not aggressive/flippant - I understand best through examples and hypotheticals. I am legitimately curious, because in my mind my original post seems a fair analogy to me and I want to know what I'm seeing differently than most of the commenters here.