this post was submitted on 05 Oct 2024
141 points (100.0% liked)
Libraries
474 readers
2 users here now
For talk of all things related to libraries!
Please follow this instances rules.
To find more communities on this instance, go to: [email protected]
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
That's pretty shitty. Also, TIL boingboing still exists.
RIGHT?! I mean, after Cory and Xeni left, I kinda stopped reading the site and haven't thought about it in ages.
~~Whatever an arbitrary reader of this comment thinks about copyright law -- If they don't defend their copyright, they can lose it. It's kind of a necessity for them to defend it in this manner.~~
Today, I was stupid.
Warner Brothers is not losing their copyright on Harry Potter over a public library doing a themed event lmao
They can defend their copyright by granting permission also. They chose the other path.
You're thinking of trademarks. Copyright doesn't work that way.