Filmmaker Backs Off 'Kony 2012' Plagiarism Claims
Filmmaker Chris Abbas has decided to drop his plagiarism claim against Invisible Children and its now infamous “Kony 2012” film. Segments of Abbas film Cassini Mission were used in “Kony 2012” without attribution. Abbas thought he had a case. He doesn’t, as he admitted on Reddit in bullet-point form.
- A work created under the Creative Commons NC BY SA license does not require permission to be used by anyone and is free game.
- I have conceded my original claim thanks to some thoughtful answers, in particular by user sibB (see first comment for a thorough breakdown of the facts).
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