A state of being caused by the digitisation of society. Basically, nobody knows when they may use online images and videos. So they use it. And get sued. Cue chaos.
Copyright Confusion is no defence against the accusation of copyright violations.
a nerd who tells you to stop pirating or using pirated content
person 1: i watch movies i downloaded off a torrent
person 2: stop doing that, thats illegal
person 1: stop being such a Copyright Police
When you go streaking with someone and try to get them arrested
Fred's an asshole. i'm gonna copyright streak them
someone who will strike down anything and everything they deem is infringing on their copyright, even if the violation is very minor or can be rebuked. if the attempt fails, most commonly they will then sue the violator. they also might have ulterior motives.
someone : *uses a photo that's in the public domain in whatever*
someone else (copyright snowflake) : YOU CANT USE THAT
someone : uh, I bought this photo off a stock image website
copyright snowflake : I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about that formatting/editing style you're using, thats mine!
someone : its only like 2 seconds ffs, I can just change it or cut it out.
copyright snowflake : sorry! I have to send a strike!