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Danish man given suspended prison term for posting explicit movie scenes on the social platform Reddit
A Denmark-based citizen has been found guilty of uploading nude segments from protected films and television shows on the online platform Reddit.
Based on a police report obtained by BBC News, the unnamed individual posted 347 clips of nude scenes in a Reddit group he managed, which were then viewed 4.2 million-plus times.
The country's police state he has been given a seven-month suspended jail term for violating copyright laws.
Experts explain the defendant was charged under a seldom-invoked provision in Denmark's intellectual property legislation, with the court ruling that by removing the footage out of their original context, the accused had damaged the artists' "moral rights".
He has additionally been convicted of distributing more than 25 TB of copyrighted digital content.
From spring 2022 to May 2023, the man known as "KlammereFyr" on Reddit uploaded adult scenes including over 100 actresses.
He shared them in the subreddit he was a administrator of.
Per the Denmark's anti-piracy group The Rights Alliance (TRA), his online community had more than 6,000 members and participants were encouraged to request clips of particular performers.
In last year, campaigners reported the case to the police on behalf of the impacted artists, directors and producers, which resulted in the subreddit being shut down.
Andrea Vagn Jensen, one of the actresses whose explicit scenes were shared in the group, told local media at the time she believed there was a distinction between appearing naked in a movie and being shown on Reddit.
The performer stated the posts amounted to "abuse".
'A significant signal'
The man was arrested in fall 2024 and admitted guilty to the allegations recently.
In a statement following the verdict, the head of the Rights Alliance the organization's leader said the outcome sent an "important" message "indicating violations of artists' rights has consequences".
The verdict is considered unique in the country for its use of the "ethical protections" clause of the national copyright law, which specifies an creator's work cannot be utilized in a way which violates their reputation.
Intellectual property expert a legal scholar told BBC News the case was "unusual" for its emphasis on the harm to the dignity of an artist, rather than to them financially.
How the case could influence other countries is unclear.
But she said there may be "more and more of such cases" in the future with the advancement of AI, where "the sanctity of an individual's work might be compromised with greater ease".
Melissa Adams
Certified Scrum Master with over 10 years of experience in leading Agile transformations and coaching teams to success.
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