As crappy as it sounds.

  • General_Effort@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Filing lots of legal cases for harassment is an established tactic (see SLAPP).

    Using copyright claims to fleece people is also an established method, or rather several methods. People make fraudulent claims eg on youtube to get the ad money. Or they go a legal route and put a lot of copyrighted material out there, and sue anyone they can (“copyright trolls”).

    It would rarely work against the likes of Paramount. Such companies have big bureaucracies to clear the rights. And legal departments to fight in court. Usually, this is about fleecing small companies or individuals, for whom it is cheaper to pay you off, than to go to court.

    Anyway, mind that the OP contains legal disinformation. Better get your info from somewhere else.