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Academic Book About Emojis Can’t Include The Emojis It Talks About Because Of Copyright (www.techdirt.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1076627

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Of course I assume the scientist contacted the lawyers who know the copyright laws better than me, but shouldn't this be under fair use as providing commentary? It's not like it's just an album of emojis, it's a book that describes them in great detail, which is transformative.

[–] BrikoX 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Article mentions that.

Now, my first reaction to this is that using the emoji and stickers and whatnot in the book seems like a very clear fair use situation. But… that requires a publisher willing to take up the fight (and an insurance company behind the publisher willing to finance that fight). And, that often doesn’t happen. Publishers are notoriously averse to supporting fair use, because they don’t want to get sued.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

How dare you suggest I read the article and not just comment on the post title!

Jokes aside, that's the worst part of the legal system. What good are the laws, if you need to be wealthy to take up the fight to get them enforced?

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