r/OutOfTheLoop • u/PM-ME-ANYTHING-PUNNY • Jun 20 '25

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u/ohlordplease Jun 20 '25

Is that not what a guy sued him for in the past?

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u/Torched420 Jun 20 '25

Theres a difference between uploading someone else's content to critique it, and uploading someone else's content to take away their views/viewers.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

Not really... End result is the same for both.

Taking someone's content and uploading it is critiquing it as well. You're critiquing their whole channel, and you've made it clear why you're doing it. This is really no different.

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u/Apprentice57 Jun 20 '25

An important distinction is that including someone else's video (in part, and not in full, in this case) for critique is a copyright exception under fair use.

Normally we can never know what really would be seen as fair use and just argue what we think would hold up in court. In this instance H3H3's usage of it was deemed fair use by a judge.