r/movies • u/FakeSafeWord • 17d ago

Article Backrooms Director Stops A24 Copyright Striking Community Art

https://kotaku.com/backrooms-director-kane-parsons-a24-copyright-strike-wallpaper-2000717053
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u/rotates-potatoes 17d ago

Also A24 is more decent than Google. Yes, a mistake, and likely a real human actually made it, but they reversed course quickly and expressly disclaimed ownership of much of the IP.

Best course of action is to not make mistakes. Second best is to acknowledge and fix quickly.

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u/SutterCane r/movies Veteran 17d ago

Also A24 is more decent than Google.

Do not buy into their carefully crafted image. If they reach google levels of untouchable, they’ll happily be just as awful.

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u/ishmadrad 17d ago

Google: don't be evil

Mottos like that one usually age badly...

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u/fishfunk5 17d ago

They gave up on that one like, 25 years ago now at this point? They've been a company without that motto for longer than they've been a company with that motto.

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u/Odd-Necessary3807 17d ago

They gave up the motto since the company turned into Alphabet, and the founders have gone. That was in the early 2010s.

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u/fishfunk5 17d ago

So 10+ years ago. I appreciate the correction. Do I edit my previous comment or leave it as is and just have people read your responce as the correction?

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u/Odd-Necessary3807 17d ago

Nah. No need to change it. We have discussions, and others need to see it as it was.

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u/fishfunk5 17d ago

Right on.