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Are there any famous creative commons or copyleft meme templates? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Meme templates that are made from material that is licensed under creative commons or other copyleeft licenses?

Are there any communities or websites that collect/list them?

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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

A better question to start would be if there's any creative commons or copyleft media in the modern zeitgeist.

Memes are made organically as small units of culture and gain popularity via an implicit understanding of meaning that doesn't need to be explained.

For a meme template to have those attributes, it would need to derive from a work that was licensed as CC/copyleft from the get-go and gained popularity among the masses.

That being said, seems a moot point when fair use/derivative work standards allow unlicensed memes to legally exist regardless of the original licensing of the work they were derived from.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Aah. Are memes deemed ok under fair use?
Has there been any previous case where any country has mentioned that?

[–] Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Pretty sure memes dont fall under fair use or derivative work. I guess it depends what your using them for. We hired a new sign maker who used the "winter is coming" meme for one of their in-store signs (it was actually tastefully done in chalk art and looked good). Its stayed up for about a week before corporate saw it and told us to take it down before we get a cease and desist.

Long version- https://founderslegal.com/are-memes-dangerous/

Short Answer -https://bytescare.com/blog/are-memes-copyright-infringement

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Aah. Have you noticed any copyleft memes?

[–] Turd_Ferg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Given the origin of most memes I doubt there will be many. Either you have some noname who could use the money from suing for copyright infringement or a major entertainment company that have lawyers on the lookout for such things. Your only bet would be an unknown meme (kinda defeats the purpose) or someone who isnt collecting on a meme.