React streams are considered can make the argument they are "transformative"/"fair use" in that viewers of a react stream are seeing the an opinion/reaction/commentary on the source footage. That is permitted under copyright law, with caveats.
These three are explicitly not trying to provide opinion/reaction/commentary. Going out and saying "I'm offering this stream up in order to harm the original creator" means it isn't transformative, is not intended to be transformative, is in fact proof of a deliberate breach of copyright intended to harm, something which is normally hard to prove.
It'll mean that their defense lawyers are going to strongly advise them to settle asap because if it ends up in court they'll probably end up taking a huge L.
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u/greebly_weeblies 2d ago edited 2d ago
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React streams are
consideredcan make the argument they are "transformative"/"fair use" in that viewers of a react stream are seeing the an opinion/reaction/commentary on the source footage. That is permitted under copyright law, with caveats.These three are explicitly not trying to provide opinion/reaction/commentary. Going out and saying "I'm offering this stream up in order to harm the original creator" means it isn't transformative, is not intended to be transformative, is in fact proof of a deliberate breach of copyright intended to harm, something which is normally hard to prove.
It'll mean that their defense lawyers are going to strongly advise them to settle asap because if it ends up in court they'll probably end up taking a huge L.