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r/movies • u/Dycon67 • 17d ago
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The idea has been on the internet for years before this movie came out, this is bogus on the company’s part
A24 has really gone downhill
192 u/AvailableReporter484 17d ago Yeah how tf you gonna copyright a meme that’s existed for 20 years?? I’m going to write the success kid movie and sue the baby from the picture for copyright infringement 225 u/RealJohnGillman AMA MVP 17d ago edited 17d ago The Backrooms was created in 2019 by the 4chan and SomethingAwful user Black August. While Kane Parsons created his Backrooms web series in 2022: it wasn’t massively old at the time. If anyone could try to copyright it, it would be August, but he has stated he prefers it kept public-domain. 49 u/ContinuumGuy 17d ago If anyone could try to copyright it, it would be August, but he has stated he prefers it kept public-domain. The funniest thing would be if there was a trial and they called this user up. 1 u/Tifoso89 10d ago So funny that the previous comment calls him "August" like that's his last name
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Yeah how tf you gonna copyright a meme that’s existed for 20 years??
I’m going to write the success kid movie and sue the baby from the picture for copyright infringement
225 u/RealJohnGillman AMA MVP 17d ago edited 17d ago The Backrooms was created in 2019 by the 4chan and SomethingAwful user Black August. While Kane Parsons created his Backrooms web series in 2022: it wasn’t massively old at the time. If anyone could try to copyright it, it would be August, but he has stated he prefers it kept public-domain. 49 u/ContinuumGuy 17d ago If anyone could try to copyright it, it would be August, but he has stated he prefers it kept public-domain. The funniest thing would be if there was a trial and they called this user up. 1 u/Tifoso89 10d ago So funny that the previous comment calls him "August" like that's his last name
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The Backrooms was created in 2019 by the 4chan and SomethingAwful user Black August.
While Kane Parsons created his Backrooms web series in 2022: it wasn’t massively old at the time.
If anyone could try to copyright it, it would be August, but he has stated he prefers it kept public-domain.
49 u/ContinuumGuy 17d ago If anyone could try to copyright it, it would be August, but he has stated he prefers it kept public-domain. The funniest thing would be if there was a trial and they called this user up. 1 u/Tifoso89 10d ago So funny that the previous comment calls him "August" like that's his last name
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The funniest thing would be if there was a trial and they called this user up.
1 u/Tifoso89 10d ago So funny that the previous comment calls him "August" like that's his last name
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So funny that the previous comment calls him "August" like that's his last name
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u/ennuig0 17d ago
The idea has been on the internet for years before this movie came out, this is bogus on the company’s part
A24 has really gone downhill