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Danish individual given deferred sentence for distributing explicit film clips on the social platform Reddit
A Denmark-based citizen has been convicted of sharing nude scenes from copyrighted films and TV series on the social media platform Reddit.
Based on a police document reviewed by media outlets, the anonymous individual shared 347 video excerpts of explicit content in a Reddit group he moderated, which were then viewed 4.2 million times.
The country's authorities confirm he has been handed a seven-month suspended jail term for violating copyright laws.
Legal analysts explain the man was charged under a rarely-used clause in Danish copyright law, with the judge ruling that by taking the footage out of their original context, the man had harmed the artists' "ethical entitlements".
He has also been found guilty of sharing more than 25 TB of copyrighted data.
From spring 2022 to May 2023, the man using the alias "the pseudonym KlammereFyr" on Reddit uploaded adult scenes including over 100 actresses.
He distributed them in the subreddit he was a moderator of.
According to the Danish anti-piracy group The Rights Alliance (TRA), his subreddit had more than 6,000 subscribers and participants were encouraged to ask for clips of particular actors.
In last year, advocates reported the incident to the authorities on behalf of the impacted actors, filmmakers and production companies, which resulted in the forum being shut down.
One actress, among the performers whose explicit content were circulated in the community, told Danish broadcasters at the period she felt there was a difference between appearing naked in a movie and being shown on Reddit.
The performer said the uploads amounted to "exploitation".
'A significant signal'
The man was detained in fall 2024 and pleaded culpable to the allegations last month.
In a comment after the ruling, the head of the Rights Alliance the organization's leader remarked the outcome sent an "significant" message "indicating violations of artists' rights has consequences".
The ruling is considered unprecedented in Denmark for its application of the "moral rights" clause of the national copyright law, which specifies an creator's work cannot be utilized in a way which violates their standing.
Copyright law expert a legal scholar told BBC News the legal matter was "rare" for its emphasis on the damage to the dignity of an performer, rather than to them economically.
How the case could affect nations abroad is uncertain.
But she said there may be "more and more of these actions" in the future with the growth of artificial intelligence, where "the sanctity of one's work might be tempered with with greater ease".
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