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Re:Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regul... by whywhywhywhy on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:46PM (#28190219)
>The CMA provisionally found that Facebook’s ownership of Giphy could lead it to deny other platforms access to its GIFs

It's GIFs? Since when did Giphy own anything that it distributes.

The idea that gifs are centralized is absurd.

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Re:Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regul... by rvz on Sunday August 15, 2021 @12:55PM (#28190282)
Yeah. It sounds like a terrible argument. I'm sure the same Gifs are available on Imgur and gfycat.com as well.
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Re:Facebook shouldn't be allowed to buy Giphy, says UK regul... by stirfish on Sunday August 15, 2021 @01:03PM (#28190344)
>Since when did Giphy own anything that it distributes.

Copyright law confuses me too.

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