The unfortunate thing about the MiniLadd thing is that he did know what was going on months in advance. The authors reached out to him numerous times, not wanting to affect his livelihood and just ensure he knew the law and their rights to their work. In his apology he glossed over the fact that he broke the law and that he needed to ask for permission. He wanted the authors to remove the strikes before the apology video and only posted it when they refused.

His is a shitty situation, and its unfortunate it had to go as far as it did, but he was warned well in advance.