So many youtube reactors post only 10 minutes of movie footage as fair use and point to sites like Patreon to watch their full-length reactions, but how is that not a copyright infringement? Does paywalling copyrighted content let them get away with it?
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Paywalling the content does, in a roundabout sort of way, let them get away with it. Copyright infringement is not something that is automatically punished by default. The copyright holder has to report it and want to deal with it. Youtube and other sites do automate copyright detection, but it is not legally required to do so.
You can 100% get in trouble for copyright infringement on Patreon, but unless the copyright holder pays for your Patreon they can’t report it and have it taken care of.
That said, I know there are companies that will scour the internet for copyright infringement on behalf of their customers and they will absolutely be willing to pay for access to a Patreon to do it.
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