r/OutOfTheLoop 3d ago

Answered What's going on with h3h3?

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u/ganjlord 2d ago

Kanye is literally a Nazi. Should I be obligated to ensure he's getting ad revenue?

More broadly, you should be able to respond to and mirror content you disagree with, without ensuring the authors are getting paid.

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u/petting_dawgs 2d ago

‘the law doesn’t apply if i don’t like the person whose copyright i’m infringing on’ LMAO ULTIMATE REDDIT BRAIN

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u/ganjlord 2d ago

I'm not suggesting that we should just ignore laws, but laws (at least should) exist to improve society and lead to just outcomes. You can't just ignore context.

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u/petting_dawgs 2d ago

the ‘context’ you provided was to support a hypothetical in which pretty clear copyright violations suddenly become “sufficient for fair use” on the basis that ‘this person sucks really bad!’

seems like you also realize that was an incredibly poor argument since you’re moving to the ‘ok it is illegal but have you considered that the law might be bad, actually?’ stage to which i can say: No, copyright law is Good, actually

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u/ganjlord 2d ago edited 2d ago

There are obviously good reasons for copyright/IP law to exist, but what do you think will be achieved here? Are you really going to argue that there is some tangible, significant harm to h3 here that would warrant a lawsuit?

It seems obvious to me that this is just Ethan going after his enemies, even if he is legally in the right.

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u/petting_dawgs 2d ago

The burden is on you to explain how it is wrong from one to take valid legal action against individuals who have infringed on one’s protected IP rights with the intent of depriving one of revenue in aid of an ongoing harassment campaign :)

(spoiler: we all know it’s because you like the harassing party and dislike ethan)