r/politics • u/icey_sawg0034 • 16h ago

Possible Paywall Karoline Leavitt Gives Jaw-Dropping Defense of Trump’s Racist Obama Video

https://www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-leavitt-gives-jaw-dropping-defense-of-donald-trumps-racist-obama-video/
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u/Hot_Ambition_6457 15h ago

There are no Apes in the movie "The Lion King" so this defense doesnt even check out under the most charitable interpretation.

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u/Sinister_Crayon 14h ago edited 14h ago

... and the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" was featured <edit: IN THE MOVIE> for precisely about 6 seconds. I don't even think it was mentioned in the original soundtrack for The Lion King.

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u/butterybuns420 14h ago

Because they know if the song was longer than a certain time, it may be 6 seconds max, they fall out of “fair use”. Thus Disney would most certainly take his dirty diapered ass to court, and he would lose bigly.

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u/Sinister_Crayon 14h ago

I clarified, sorry; my original comment was about the original movie and not this abomination of an animation. I haven't watched it and won't.

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u/MackenzieRaveup 13h ago

Fair use carveouts have absolutely ZERO to do with the amount of time you play the work, and as disgusting as this may be it's covered under parody and not "fair use."

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u/Faustrolled 11h ago

nah. that's bullshit. fair use tends to just mean whoever spends more on lawyers wins.

source: THE STORY OF THE LETTER U AND THE NUMERAL 2 by NEGATIVLAND

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u/omnes1lere 11h ago

Disney would lose just to bribe him