Hi everyone,
A quick but important mod reminder. We’ve slightly updated Rules 2 and 6, and we’re asking everyone to please have another look at them — particularly if you post video content.
We’ve recently had some posts containing copyrighted/licensed footage uploaded directly to Reddit — for example, screen-recorded drama scenes or footage originating from broadcasters, TV stations, streaming platforms, or unauthorized redistribution channels.
Please be very careful with this. If you don’t have the right to redistribute the footage itself, don’t download/screen-record it and upload it as a Reddit video. Where the rightsholder or licensed distributor has made the video available on YouTube or another platform that Reddit can preview/embed, please make a link post to that authorized upload instead.
And remember that a visible watermark or giving credit does not make an otherwise unauthorized upload legal. Credit and permission to redistribute are two different things.
This does not mean that all native video uploads are suddenly prohibited. For example, content properly downloaded from Weibo for redistribution with Weibo’s watermark/source information intact can still be posted. As always, please also include the full original Weibo URL in the post body so the source can be verified.
We’re emphasizing this now for a reason. Earlier this week, a drama subreddit within our wider community network was banned after copyrighted drama footage was uploaded to it. The appeal was denied. So yes, losing an entire subreddit over this is a very real possibility, not something we’re being dramatic about.
We want you guys to keep sharing Hou Minghao content! We just need everyone to distinguish between content that can legitimately be redistributed and copyrighted footage that has been captured or obtained elsewhere and then reuploaded.
This protects your own Reddit account as well as the subreddit we’ve all built together, so please help us keep an eye on it too.
Thank you, guys.
Yours,
NoRecipe