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It seems there is an ever growing list of comedians, artists and other creators who want to take a pop at @FuckJerry and owner Elliot Tebele , the wildly popular Instagram meme account that does seem to be very good at finding material for its users, but doesn't seem to be very good at crediting or compensating people when they use their works. First in line with a complaint about alleged violations is a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York on behalf of Nigerian-based Twitter user and Instagrammer Olorunfemi Coker, who has 133,000 followers on Twitter and over 62,000 followers on Instagram. The lawsuit alleges that FuckJerry posted a screenshot of a January tweet by Coker to its Instagram account without Coker’s permission and used it to advertise its JAJA tequila brand. (The post no longer appears to be on the FuckJerry Instagram page.) According to Coker’s lawyer, this is the first case of its kind brought against FuckJerry. But it's not as simple as it seems - jokes are a thorny issue when it comes to proving appropriation - especially when the 'idea' of a joke has been borrowed - but expressed in a new way. This one could be interesting! Jerry Media took some flak for its role in promoting the disastrous Fyre Festival and, after controversy over how the @fuckjerry account was crediting third party works, Tebele said that the account would no longer post images if the original creator couldn’t be identified saying: “In the past few years, I have made a concerted, proactive effort to properly credit creators for their work ..... [W]e have also updated our policies to make sure we are responsive to creators whenever they have reached out to us about posts.”
The EU Parliament will vote next Tuesday (March 26th) on whether to endorse an overhaul of the EU’s two-decade old copyright rules as Google and internet activists stepped up their criticism of a requirement to install copyright filters. Websites and businesses across Europe are protesting controversial changes to online copyright being introduced by the European Union. Ahead of a final vote a number of European Wikipedia sites are going dark for a day, blocking all access and directing users to contact their local EU representative to protest the laws. Other major sites, such as Twitch and PornHub, are showing protest banners on their homepages and social media. Meanwhile, any users uploading content to Reddit will be shown a #saveyourinternet message.
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