SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 14-Nov-2024 20:26:27 JST

@iro_miya@mk.absturztau.be @sam@mk.woem.space Memes are kinda special I think. Technically speaking every meme reposted online can be considered copyright infringement, because most likely you did not get explicit permission from the author to repost that meme.

But because of the culture and history surrounding memes this is one of the most socially accepted forms of copyright infringement ever.

While no exception in the law exists for memes, we as a society collectively treat memes like they are public domain works.

Everyone seems to accept this, and nobody ever asks "why are people still making memes without an enforceable copyright incentive?" People always do this when it comes to other types of media, which tells me a lot about their hypocrisy when it comes this kind of stuff.

It's strange to me why we treat certain types of media different when it comes to copyright online, even though the law stays the same. Even on the most proprietary and centralized social media websites you can still repost memes and they will not care.

But then for example when it comes to music or something they will literally have a super advanced automated copyright enforcement checkers running that removes your post for using 2 seconds of a piece of music.