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Disney removing Baby Yoda GIFs due to copyright issues

ZiggyPalffyLA

Banned
Nov 2, 2017
4,504
Los Angeles, California


Between this and the lack of merchandise available right after the reveal, does Disney not understand what it has on its hands here? Baby Yoda alone is a billion dollar business. I mentioned Baby Yoda to my mom last night and I kid you not, she had tears of love welling in her eyes at the very thought. More than I've ever seen when she looks at me.

Also, can you copyright a GIF? I know it's their IP but I've never heard of a copyright claim against a GIF.
 
MGPanda

MGPanda

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Feb 25, 2018
2,489
There's also zero scenes from The Mandalorian on Youtube. This is an absolutely stupid policy.
 
Lkr

Lkr

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Oct 28, 2017
9,589
Lol...I can understand removing for profit YouTube videos but gifs? Cmon
 
Tambini

Tambini

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Einchy

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Oct 25, 2017
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Saw this article a few minutes ago and was left confused as hell. The tweet says some Giphy gifs got copyrighted but, like, why? And it's not like you can't find a billion of Baby Yoda gifs everywhere, at most they just seem to have been removed from one website for whatever reason.

I wish the author of the article had actually tried to look into this and not just posted a Tweet.
 
HStallion

HStallion

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Oct 25, 2017
62,297
OP burying the lead about he and his mother might want to sit down and have a serious heart to heart.
 
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ZiggyPalffyLA

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Nov 2, 2017
4,504
Los Angeles, California
Einchy said:
Saw this article a few minutes ago and was left confused as hell. The tweet says some Giphy gifs got copyrighted but, like, why? And it's not like you can't find a billion of Baby Yoda gifs everywhere, at most they just seem to have been removed from one website for whatever reason.

I wish the author of the article had actually tried to look into this and not just posted a Tweet.
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They've also been removed from the default GIF search in iMessage.
 
PeakPointMatrix

PeakPointMatrix

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Oct 25, 2017
19,220
How stupid could you be. This is literally how word of mouth works on the internet. Go after the torrent sites if you must, but stamping out clips and gifs? This is so fucking boomer of Disney. Shit like this is why the original Plastic Love got taken down from Youtube.
 
HotHamBoy

HotHamBoy

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Oct 27, 2017
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Einchy said:
Saw this article a few minutes ago and was left confused as hell. The tweet says some Giphy gifs got copyrighted but, like, why? And it's not like you can't find a billion of Baby Yoda gifs everywhere, at most they just seem to have been removed from one website for whatever reason.

I wish the author of the article had actually tried to look into this and not just posted a Tweet.
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So, companies like Disney have full-time teams of people and lawyers who's job it is is to scour the internet and file IP claims.

They're getting paid to do this all the time, always. Baby Yoda just happens to be getting attention for it because it's noticeable atm.
 
Rassilon

Rassilon

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Oct 27, 2017
10,602
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If you see these .gifs and are from a region not covered by Disney+, please report yourself to the nearest police officer.
 
B-Dubs

B-Dubs

That's some catch, that catch-22
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Oct 25, 2017
32,910
I'm not sure they can actually do that
 
Z-Beat

Z-Beat

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Oct 25, 2017
31,912
Merch was announced a few days ago. T shirts went up Friday and the rest is supposed to be up for the holidays.
 
KtotheRoc

KtotheRoc

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Oct 27, 2017
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I can't remember the last time I saw any character get this level of support from a fandom.
 
MIMIC

MIMIC

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Dec 18, 2017
8,359
Didn't know where these baby Yodas were coming from, but they're all over my FB feed
 
Lord Vatek

Lord Vatek

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Jan 18, 2018
21,573
So I might be missing something but that article just says that one person's gifs from one website were pulled.
 
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