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by BonsaiDen 5751 days ago
That the whole copyright thing is getting out of control, soon words will be copyrighted... Just now some german newspapers plan on copyrighting the stuff the use in their headlines, yes the sentences/words in the headlines.
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Thanks for clarifying. It might be of interest that The Australian Court just ruled against copyright claims in headlines.I don't know that copyright is out of control, but what is out of control is the way that companies use claims of copyright ownership to bully weaker entities and that carriers cooperate with this tactic and will take down content or block it based on a worthless claim. Further that when a false claim is lodged that there seems to be no recourse or penalty. I have never heard of one.