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YouTuber Faces Possible Jail Time for Reviewing Retro Handhelds (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/retrohandhelds@sh.itjust.works
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[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't get how someone reviewing a product that may or may not come with unlicensed content makes one personally liable

[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You need permission to show the game content on screen. This is Italy. There is no fair use in the EU.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

This is the kind of context I was hoping to find out!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

What a wonderful use of Italian police resources.

Got the whole rest of the law sorted out did they? Bene