• BrikoX@lemmy.zipOP
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    1 year ago

    Article mentions that.

    Now, my first reaction to this is that using the emoji and stickers and whatnot in the book seems like a very clear fair use situation. But… that requires a publisher willing to take up the fight (and an insurance company behind the publisher willing to finance that fight). And, that often doesn’t happen. Publishers are notoriously averse to supporting fair use, because they don’t want to get sued.

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      1 year ago

      How dare you suggest I read the article and not just comment on the post title!

      Jokes aside, that’s the worst part of the legal system. What good are the laws, if you need to be wealthy to take up the fight to get them enforced?

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      1 year ago

      And probably because if they do use it and someone else does the same to their work they won’t be able to harass them with a team of lawyers.