memehacking has been around for thousands of years, Furie actually gave more publicity and notice to those he opposes
Other than broadly showing the artist, Matt Furie, whose illustration became a meme, doesn't understand the internet and modern culture, and in fact doesn't understand what Richard Dawkins meant in coining the term "meme," I am not sure what the point of this film was.
And if people from across the political spectrum, including despicable extreme right and despicable extreme left adopt visual art that has morphed into public domain through meme, what is the point of saying some can use it and others cannot? Modern "memehacking" is so widespread. In fact memehacking is the heir to visual satire that has been around since shortly after cave painting. The very first image of Jesus ever, he is depicted as part animal on a cross with a donkey's head (google: Alexamenos Graffito). The Uncle Sam "I want You" was altered as antiwar satire when that was the opposite of its creation purpose.
The irony is that Chinese censors used the copyright issue to shut down memes during the Hong Kong protests.
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- Feb 9, 2021