🔗 Share this article Danish individual given deferred sentence for sharing explicit film clips on the social platform Reddit A Denmark-based man has been found guilty of sharing sexually explicit scenes from protected films and TV series on the social media platform Reddit. Based on a police document reviewed by media outlets, the anonymous man posted 347 clips of explicit content in a subreddit he moderated, which were then viewed 4.2 million times. The country's police state he has been handed a seven-month suspended jail term for violating copyright laws. Legal analysts explain the man was prosecuted under a rarely-used provision in Danish intellectual property legislation, with the judge finding that by taking the footage out of their intended setting, the accused had damaged the performers' "ethical entitlements". He has also been found guilty of sharing more than 25 TB of protected data. From spring 2022 to mid-2023, the user using the alias "the pseudonym KlammereFyr" on Reddit uploaded adult clips featuring over 100 actresses. He distributed them in the forum he was a moderator of. Per the Danish anti-piracy organization The Rights Alliance (TRA), his subreddit had more than 6,000 subscribers and users were prompted to request excerpts of particular actors. In last year, campaigners reported the case to the authorities on behalf of the impacted actors, directors and producers, which resulted in the subreddit being closed down. Andrea Vagn Jensen, among the performers whose explicit content were shared in the group, explained to Danish broadcasters at the period she felt there was a difference between appearing unclothed in a film and appearing on Reddit. The performer said the posts constituted "exploitation". 'A significant message' The defendant was arrested in September 2024 and pleaded culpable to the charges last month. In a statement after the verdict, TRA head Maria Fredenslund said the decision sent an "important" signal "indicating infringements of artists' entitlements have consequences". The ruling is viewed as unprecedented in Denmark for its use of the "ethical protections" clause of the national copyright law, which states an artist's work cannot be utilized in a way which infringes upon their standing. Copyright law expert a legal scholar told BBC News the case was "rare" for its emphasis on the harm to the dignity of an artist, rather than to them financially. The extent to which the case could affect other countries is uncertain. But she said there may be "an increasing number of such cases" in the future with the growth of artificial intelligence, where "the integrity of an individual's creative output might be tempered with with greater ease".