🔗 Share this article Danish national individual receives suspended sentence for sharing explicit film clips on Reddit A Danish man has been found guilty of sharing sexually explicit segments from copyrighted films and television shows on the social media site Reddit. According to a police report obtained by BBC News, the anonymous individual posted 347 video excerpts of nude scenes in a Reddit group he managed, which were then watched 4.2 million times. Danish police state he has been given a 7-month suspended sentence for violating copyright laws. Legal analysts say the defendant was prosecuted under a seldom-invoked clause in Danish copyright law, with the judge ruling that by removing the scenes out of their original context, the accused had harmed the artists' "ethical entitlements". He has also been found guilty of sharing more than 25 terabytes of copyrighted digital content. From spring 2022 to May 2023, the user using the alias "KlammereFyr" on Reddit uploaded sexually explicit scenes featuring over 100 female performers. He distributed them in the subreddit he was a administrator of. Per the Danish anti-piracy organization the Rights Alliance, his subreddit had more than 6,000 subscribers and participants were prompted to ask for clips of specific performers. In last year, campaigners reported the case to the police on behalf of the impacted actors, filmmakers and production companies, which led to the subreddit being closed down. One actress, one of the actresses whose nude content were circulated in the group, told Danish media at the time she believed there was a distinction between being seen unclothed in a film and being shown on Reddit. The actress stated the uploads amounted to "exploitation". 'A significant signal' The man was detained in September 2024 and admitted guilty to the charges recently. In a comment after the ruling, the head of the Rights Alliance the organization's leader said the outcome sent an "significant" signal "that violations of artists' entitlements has repercussions". The verdict is viewed as unique in the country for its application of the "ethical protections" clause of the Danish Copyright Act, which specifies an artist's work cannot be used in a way which violates their reputation. Copyright law specialist Dr Alina Trapova told the media the case was "unusual" for its emphasis on the damage to the dignity of an performer, rather than to them financially. How the ruling could influence nations abroad is unclear. But she said there may be "an increasing number of these actions" in the future with the advancement of AI, where "the integrity of one's work might be tempered with with greater ease".