Artists, merch sellers, and journalists making and posting Luigi media have become the targets of bogus DMCA claims.

Artists, merch sellers, and journalists making and posting Luigi media have become the targets of bogus DMCA claims.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zone
    53·
    2 days ago

    United Healthcare did not respond to multiple requests for comment, and TeePublic also did not respond to a request for comment. It is theoretically possible that another entity impersonated United Healthcare to request the removal

    In the absence of a claim to the contrary, given they’ve had more than enough opportunity to deny it, I can only assume that United Healthcare is in fact making these illegal and fraudulent takedown requests.

    • ImplyingImplications
      161·
      2 days ago

      If you draw a picture of him and then someone else posts it without your permission, then yes you’d be able to claim your copyright was violated. Copyright is something that automatically applies to any creative thing someone produces. You can’t use someone’s name/likeness to sell a product unless they’ve given you permission, but that’s not a copyright claim.

      These claims sound like abuse of the DMCA takedown system.

      • zephorah@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 days ago

        Yes, that is the normal way of doing things. But didn’t United file something to attempt to copyright Luigi?

        My question is whether or not they had success with that ridiculous claim.

        It’s also not normal to go for a terrorism charge when murder is far, far easier to prove. But here we are.

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Basically all we need is one person to draw a picture and clearly license it under a non-NC Creative Commons license like CC BY-SA. Then we’re good.

    • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.comEnglish
      8·
      2 days ago

      From my non-lawyer understanding, copyrights on a photo reside with the creator of the photo, however, the person who is in the photo would have some ownership of their likeness kind of like a trademark where you would have to argue for rights to the use of it.

      So basically the only people who could really claim anything would be the owners of the security cam for that pic that everyone has latched onto.

      • zephorah@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 days ago

        So high odds this is a healthcare CEO mad clicking/typing because they don’t like the public reaction.