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    „United Healthcare“ nutzt DMCA gegen Bilder von Luigi Mangione, was bizarr und völlig unangemessen ist


    „United Healthcare“ nutzt DMCA gegen Bilder von Luigi Mangione, was bizarr und völlig unangemessen ist

    https://abovethelaw.com/2024/12/united-healthcare-using-dmca-against-luigi-mangione-images-which-is-bizarre-wildly-inappropriate/

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    2. iGoalie on

      That headline is wildly misleading

      >Someone purporting to be United Healthcare is filing DMCA requests to scrub the internet of artists’ depictions of the surveillance video of Luigi smiling, parody merchandise of “Deny, Defend, Depose,” and other merchandise showing the alleged shooter.

    4. theanedditor on

      Step 1 in creating a “folklore hero” is for authority to suppress speech about and images of.

    5. Wistephens on

      So, in attempting to use the DMCA to prevent the sale of products containing “deny, defend, depose” are they effectively claiming ownership of that phrase? Because the DMCA is used for protecting copyright.

      I really want to know.

    7. PowerfulFeralGarbage on

      Fair enough, whatever happens to more of UHC’s leadership will just continue to be treated as Finding Out.

    8. Tight_Independent_26 on

      I am really surprised that United Healthcare would do such a thing. They are a company devoted to serving their customers and getting them the best health care possible for the most economical price. …. God, I just love sarcasm. Can’t resist.

    11. 8AJHT3M on

      If this is legitimate then United Healthcare won’t see any consequences

    12. bumbledbea on

      UHC has lost more than $110 billion in market value. Lol. Thank you Luigi! Eat the rich!!

    15. gnapster on

      Time to distill it down to DDD because we’ll all still know what they mean. Malicious compliance.

    16. SnarkIsMyDefault on

      Can’t wait for his trial. UHC is going to get reamed. Deservedly so.

    17. Dwedit on

      Article says “It is illegal to file DMCA notices if you don’t own the copyright”, but that’s not quite true. The illegal part is if you misrepresent that you are **authorized to act on behalf** of the person making the claim. That’s the perjury part. You’re free to claim anything whether you own it or not.

    20. unicron7 on

      It seems as though someone has made their pussy hurt. Keep it going Internet.

    22. Crackalacking_Z on

      Late stage capitalism got the tiniest taste of French Revolution and is terrified to its core, that the hoi polloi might start to wise up.

    24. emerican on

      Well, if that’s what pisses them off I’ll gladly share photos and images of him every chance I get.

    25. JewelerAdorable1781 on

      It’s real low tactic. It don’t matter now. No amount of low grade manipulation of the media is gonna shift it. But there all out, no more dressing up this as a business or service. It is what does, and it’s not a good prognosis.

    27. dglp on

      So…
      what’s delicious about this story is that it’s likely to be someone impersonating UHC, which would be a violation of the DMCA right there, completely aside from the fact that UHC probably isn’t the copyright holder anyway.

      Potentially, the troll gets UHC in trouble for allowing somebody to impersonate it.

      So if it turns out that UHC is trying to claim a copyright that is demonstrably false, then UHC potentially gets itself in trouble.

      Can’t win.

      Now, we know that all of this is really about a smokescreen to sow confusion and disrupt Luigi’s memification.

      But that ain’t gonna work.

    28. evaughan36 on

      What’s next, suing Nintendo for ownership over Luigi’s likeness???

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