cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1076627
Archived version: https://archive.ph/fq5ZO
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230805060523/https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/04/academic-book-about-emojis-cant-include-the-emojis-it-talks-about-because-of-copyright/
And probably because if they do use it and someone else does the same to their work they won’t be able to harass them with a team of lawyers.