• macniel
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    384 months ago

    when it’s literally the way of how memes propagate; yeah I don’t get it either.

    • snooggums
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      154 months ago

      Memes are copied and shared, not stolen. You can’t steal digital images or ideas.

        • snooggums
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          134 months ago

          You can violate copyright law by copying and sharing, but that is different than stealing. Stealing involves taking something. Copyright involves copying.

          It is right there in the name.

    • @x00z@lemmy.world
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      124 months ago

      It’s more about stealing credit.

      Like when you say a joke and nobody heard you and somebody tells it again but louder and everybody laughs.

      • SSTF
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        An internet meme isn’t a meme until it is shared around. It becomes something that exists without a single person who can take credit as turning it into a meme. The original creator, even if known, isn’t the person who turned their creation into a meme.

        The need to grasp for credit of an internet cultural phenomenon is foreign to me.