🔗 Share this article Danish national individual receives deferred prison term for distributing explicit film clips on Reddit A Danish man has been convicted of uploading sexually explicit scenes from protected movies and TV series on the social media site Reddit. According to a law enforcement document reviewed by media outlets, the unnamed man shared 347 clips of nude scenes in a Reddit group he moderated, which were then viewed 4.2 million times. The country's authorities state he has been handed a 7-month suspended jail term for copyright infringement. Experts say the man was prosecuted under a seldom-invoked provision in Danish intellectual property legislation, with the judge ruling that by removing the footage out of their intended setting, the accused had damaged the performers' "moral rights". He has also been found guilty of distributing more than 25 terabytes of copyrighted digital content. From March 2022 to May 2023, the user using the alias "the pseudonym KlammereFyr" on Reddit uploaded adult scenes including over 100 actresses. He shared them in the forum he was a moderator of. Per the Danish anti-piracy group The Rights Alliance (TRA), his online community had more than 6,000 subscribers and users were prompted to ask for excerpts of particular actors. In last year, advocates reported the incident to the authorities on behalf of the affected actors, directors and production companies, which resulted in the forum being shut down. Andrea Vagn Jensen, one of the performers whose explicit scenes were circulated in the community, explained to local media at the time she believed there was a distinction between appearing naked in a film and being shown on Reddit. The actress said the posts amounted to "abuse". 'A significant message' The man was arrested in fall 2024 and pleaded guilty to the charges last month. In a statement following the ruling, the head of the Rights Alliance Maria Fredenslund remarked the decision sent an "important" message "indicating infringements of artists' entitlements have consequences". The verdict is viewed as unique in Denmark for its application of the "ethical protections" section of the Danish Copyright Act, which states an artist's work cannot be utilized in a way which violates their standing. Intellectual property specialist a legal scholar informed BBC News the case was "rare" for its emphasis on the damage to the dignity of an artist, rather than to them financially. How the ruling could influence nations abroad is uncertain. But she said there may be "more and more of these actions" in the coming years with the growth of AI, where "the sanctity of one's creative output might be tempered with much more easily".