The same can be said with all of these Cease and Desist orders that lawyers like to throw around from large companies. It is NOT against the law to "violate" copyright, trademark, or even patent law, assuming you actually are, when Fair Use is a protected right. The only copyright violations that can get you arrested are piracy, as in distributing media illegally, and counterfeit products, cheap copies posing as the real product. Of course, they only go after you if you distribute pirated Hollywood media, not an individual's music or artwork which happens very often.
Alex Jones got into trouble for making a Pepe the frog T-shirts. The reality is, he can do this regardless, mainly because it was a reproduction or re-imagining of Pepe, but that didn't stop the corrupt leftist judge. But regardless, even if he did straight up copy it, he just would be in trouble for monetary damages, which, like an unpaid credit card bill, he has no obligation to pay.
The same can be said with all of these Cease and Desist orders that lawyers like to throw around from large companies. It is NOT against the law to "violate" copyright, trademark, or even patent law, assuming you actually are, when Fair Use is a protected right. The only copyright violations that can get you arrested are piracy, as in distributing media illegally, and counterfeit products, cheap copies posing as the real product. Of course, they only go after you if you distribute pirated Hollywood media, not an individual's music or artwork which happens very often.
Alex Jones got into trouble for making a Pepe the frog T-shirts. The reality is, he can do this regardless, mainly because it was a reproduction or re-imagining of Pepe, but that didn't stop the corrupt leftist judge. But regardless, even if he did straight up copy it, he just would be in trouble for monetary damages, which, like an unpaid credit card bill, he has no obligation to pay.