Copyright Parody Exception Denied Due to Defendant’s Discriminatory Use

A former city councillor who used footage from a news report, presented in a foreign language and edited in subtitles with entirely different messaging, has lost his case in Finland. Junes Lokka's defense centered on his right to freely use copyrighted content for parody. Finding Lokka guilty of criminal copyright infringement for distributing the modified video on Twitter, the court found that derogatory racist content enjoys no fair use-style freedom.