Meme Maker @CarpeDonktum and Fair Use Advocates Call on Trump Campaign to Sue After Video with R.E.M. Song is Disabled on Twitter
- The day started out pretty epic for Culttture's Carpe Donktum with the President of the United States tweeting out his video.
- Carpe Donktum is a meme consultant and also sits on the editorial board of
Culttture . - via www.prisonplanet.com
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- Universal Music Publishing Group filed a copyright claim through Twitter, forcing the platform's cooperation. Standard operating procedure for social media companies.
- R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills and Carpe Donktum exchanged a series of tweets with Donktum believing it was settled. Hours later the video was disabled worldwide on Twitter.
- Mills had wrote, "So the meme's fair use. I LOVE the 1st Amendment! Meme away, folks." Looks like Universal didn't respect the artist's wishes.
