It’s always been this way. If you have the impression that Europe protects the little guy against those evil tech bros… Well, think about who would have told you that and consider that this is a media empire suing a tech firm.
You can see on Lemmy how it goes. The copyright industry always wants more far-reaching and harsher laws; currently to “protect the poor journalists” from AI. In the US, the constitution and free speech culture with its fair use mandate keeps that in check. Europe proudly doesn’t have that.
Note how Germans here blame judges for applying existing copyright law as intended instead of demanding better laws.
The author has the right to prohibit the distortion or any other derogatory treatment of his or her work which is capable of prejudicing the author’s legitimate intellectual or personal interests in the work.
(This is just to illustrate what the law is like. The media is making a different argument.)
It’s always been this way. If you have the impression that Europe protects the little guy against those evil tech bros… Well, think about who would have told you that and consider that this is a media empire suing a tech firm.
You can see on Lemmy how it goes. The copyright industry always wants more far-reaching and harsher laws; currently to “protect the poor journalists” from AI. In the US, the constitution and free speech culture with its fair use mandate keeps that in check. Europe proudly doesn’t have that.
Note how Germans here blame judges for applying existing copyright law as intended instead of demanding better laws.
Here’s Section 14 from German copyright law:
(This is just to illustrate what the law is like. The media is making a different argument.)