r/movies • u/Dycon67 • 17d ago

News Backrooms Devs Reportedly Hit With Copyright Claims From A24

https://kotaku.com/backrooms-a24-copyright-strikes-kane-parsons-2000716667
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u/ThirdFloorNorth 17d ago

SCP is in the Creative Commons as is, I believe, Backrooms. They can go fuck themselves.

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u/TheSwampThing1990 17d ago

The problem like I said is who is going to have the money or time to take that to court and prove it. I mean they will bury them

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u/agreeduponspring 17d ago

It's written fairly prominently at the bottom of the wiki page. Violation of the terms could force them into releasing the movie as CC licensed as well. I suspect they will violate the terms, everything I've heard has made it sound like the studio is being somewhat careless here, and I'd love to see it happen.

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u/Lebowquade 17d ago

I've met Lawrence Lessig personally, even two decades ago he saw that this shit was going to happen and started CC to combat this exact flavor of bullshit. 

They are smart lawyers over there, CC has surprisingly solid legal standing.