The owner of the rights to the image of Zhdun from a popular meme has filed nearly 500 lawsuits in Russian courts due to the use of the creature’s image in social networks and television. writes about this telegram channel Shot.
According to the channel, the plaintiff is seeking compensation for the use of Zhdun’s image in videos and programs, which according to him is illegal, which means compensation must be paid
Shot added that among the defendants, in addition to the NTV channel, there are also bloggers with thousands of subscribers. The courts are considering approximately 50 cases. The channel stated that the copyright holder company requested a refund of more than 48 million rubles in total.
Before that, Ekaterina Mizulina, president of the Safer Internet League shared Their views on self-memes during a conversation with Samara University students. According to him, he likes such publications about himself. Mizulina admitted that the jokes helped the LBI president get more traffic.
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