illegal use of copyrighted materials
It’s quite literally the least bad thing they’ve done across two terms in office.
Comment on US government uses Halo images in a call to 'destroy' immigration, Microsoft declines to comment
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
The current government strategy of illegal use of copyrighted materials, often with the full understanding that the artist/IP owners will not consent to it should really have a harsher punishment to it. The DHS social media pages in particular keep using songs without artist permission because they know it will be taken down but by that point it doesn’t matter and they just steal another song. Given that the use of these songs implies tacit approval from the artist, this should absolutely count as the rights of the artists to free speech are being infringed upon.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Who seriously believes that?
If an artist consents to the use of their song in a specific way, it’s not a matter of belief at all. It just is tacit approval. So when the government does this without consent, until the moment the artist responds, the implication is that the artist has approved it. Which isn’t as big a deal if a private entity does it, but it’s a much bigger deal when the federal government does it.
Tire@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
Yeah it almost reads like Microsoft has endorsed the Trump administration and its marketing. Like a forced brand crossover. These things aid in the far right pipeline. Has young men thinking hating immigrants is as cool and mainstream as Halo.
Jhex@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Not almost, it is exactly that
Microsoft could have issued a note to the tone of “we were not consulted” but their vaporware spine did not amount to even that little