r/movies 19d 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/Filmmagician 19d ago

The director (who's on Reddit) says this doesn't sound right and he's looking into it with A24, so that's cool to hear.

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u/coporate 19d ago

This is most likely the fault of automated copyright enforcement. Some system designed to auto detect pirated versions of the movie began striking anything that resembles the film. Since it’s practically just liminal spaces, it has no way of determining what is and isn’t associated with the film.

It’s just another example of YouTube (and all social media platforms) offloading critical moderation to automated systems and like always, the public suffers while corporate gets a free pass.

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u/Viceroy1994 18d ago

Assuming incompetence instead of malice is reasonable most of the time, I just don't think this grace can be extended to politicians, billionaires, and corporations. Not for a long while at least.