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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Danish court ups fine for Little Mermaid copyright violation

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An appeals court in Denmark has increased the fine imposed on a newspaper for violating the copyright of Copenhagen s The Little Mermaid statue by publishing a cartoon depicting the bronze landmark as a zombie and a photo of it with a facemask.

The Berlingske newspaper published the cartoon in 2019 to illustrate an article about the debate culture in Denmark and used the photo in 2020 to represent a link between the far right and people fearing COVID-19.

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