🔗 Share this article Danish national man receives deferred prison term for distributing explicit movie scenes on Reddit A Denmark-based citizen has been found guilty of sharing nude segments from protected movies and television shows on the online platform Reddit. According to a law enforcement document obtained by BBC News, the unnamed man posted 347 clips of nude scenes in a subreddit he managed, which were then watched 4.2 million times. The country's authorities state he has been handed a 7-month suspended jail term for violating copyright laws. Legal analysts say the defendant was prosecuted under a rarely-used provision in Danish intellectual property legislation, with the court ruling that by taking the scenes out of their original context, the man had harmed the artists' "ethical entitlements". He has additionally been convicted of distributing more than 25 terabytes of protected data. From March 2022 to mid-2023, the man known as "KlammereFyr" on Reddit posted adult clips including over 100 actresses. He shared them in the forum he was a moderator of. Per the Denmark's copyright protection organization The Rights Alliance (TRA), his online community had more than 6,000 subscribers and participants were prompted to request clips of particular performers. In last year, campaigners reported the case to the police on behalf of the affected actors, directors and producers, which led to the subreddit being closed down. One actress, among the performers whose explicit content were shared in the group, explained to local media at the period she felt there was a difference between being seen naked in a movie and being shown on Reddit. The performer stated the posts constituted "abuse". 'A significant message' The man was arrested in September 2024 and pleaded guilty to the charges recently. In a comment following the ruling, TRA head Maria Fredenslund said the outcome sent an "significant" message "indicating violations of artists' entitlements has repercussions". The verdict is considered unique in Denmark for its use of the "moral rights" clause of the national copyright law, which states an artist's creation cannot be utilized in a manner which violates their standing. Copyright law expert a legal scholar told BBC News the case was "rare" for its emphasis on the damage to the dignity of an performer, rather than to them financially. The extent to which the case could affect nations abroad is unclear. But she added there may be "an increasing number of such cases" in the coming years with the advancement of artificial intelligence, where "the integrity of one's creative output might be compromised much more easily".