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Re:Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Thi... by akaa on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @01:49AM (#15794999)
Im the person who drew the etchmarkings you see on every vhs cassette today. Also I was responsible for placing the vhs trademark logo on it. No just kidding. Im not of course. But in my opinion these claims are a little absurd. Taking a photo of an everyday household item is, in my opinion, not some original work of art they intentionally stole. Some graphic intern used them off the web instead of shutterstock. Big deal. These posts make it soind like netflix had a secret executive meeting where they decided to rip off a poor photographer which, i think, did not happen. Some graphic intern will get sacked most probably.
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Re:Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Thi... by scrollaway on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:20AM (#15795137)
A billion dollar company that constantly bugs their non-US customers across the globe on copyright infringement issues, committed copyright infringement because did not have as much as a process in place to get original or paid-for art for an original production they're spending millions of dollars for.

As you said, big fucking deal, uh-huh?

Either get rid of copyright law, or hold billion dollar companies to the same standard as customers. I'll take one or the other.

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Re:Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Thi... by akaa on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:25AM (#15798032)
I dont think they (netflix) design a dvd inlay inhouse tbh. I think the design agency should know better but nonetheless i dont see the harm done.
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Re:Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Thi... by zoul on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:09AM (#15795090)
Taking a photo of an everyday household item is, in the eyes of the copyright law, an original work of art. It does not matter if they have used it without a license intentionally or not, they just did. What’s dumb is that this is not a poor non-profit we are talking about, this is a big company that makes money depending on the copyright law. If these cases are taken lightly, next time they will do it again – why bother when the chance of getting caught is pretty small and in the worst case you can always sacrifice some pawn?
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Re:Netflix Stole My VHS Cassette Photos for Its Stranger Thi... by akaa on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @10:31AM (#15798082)
It might be. But is it relevant? If they ripped off an entire tv show yes. But, again, im pretty sure they outsource designwork like this.
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