RE: Should NSFW Content Require Verification (For Copyright)? Plagiarism & Reposts In New/Created. Part 1 of 2.
I like the idea of treating it differently because the results are different.
Plagiarism doesn't reflect poorly on the person who has been plagiarized. However, stealing this type of content from places like Reddit prevents the user with the rights from being able to ever remove it (as if that was completely possible on the internet)...which can end up hurting them later. There's still a lot of judgment and job restrictions that can come into play for those who have this kind of content shared.
Unlike articles, not all NSFW images are shared with even the consent of the creator/right's holder.
This would also nip revenge-type sharing of private images which is starting to be criminalized in some jurisdictions (which is, IMO, a totally different pandora's box).
Here's an interesting read I've stumbled upon recently: The European Court of Justice ruled three years ago that anything published openly on the web may be freely reused by anyone in any way on their own website.
People should think twice and understand that they are responsible for everything that they release out there on the internet.
When there's no consent when NSFW images are first published then that's a different thing all together.
That is a very interesting ruling. I would have expected the opposite from the ECJ, to be honest.
Does the ECJ care whether there were legally published or not? The way that reads from your snippet, the answer would be no...
Edit: Just read the article, that's some BS, wow. Pretty regressive IMO.