"File too large" when copying 8GB file onto 30GB Apple device (USB stick unlabeled)

$ ls -lh /path/to/some.mkv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 enrico enrico 7.4G Dec 17 18:54 /path/to/some.mkv

cp: error writing '/path/to/some.mkv': File too large

$ sudo fdisk -l | tail -n 16

Disk /dev/sdc: 29.3 GiB, 31457280000 bytes, 61440000 sectors
Disk model: USB DISK        
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x6f20736b

Device     Boot      Start        End    Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdc1        778135908 1919645538 1141509631 544.3G 72 unknown
/dev/sdc2        168689522 2104717761 1936028240 923.2G 65 Novell Netware 386
/dev/sdc3       1869881465 3805909656 1936028192 923.2G 79 unknown
/dev/sdc4       2885681152 2885736650      55499  27.1M  d unknown

Partition table entries are not in disk order.
$ sudo mount /dev/sdc /mnt/foo
$ cd /mnt/foo
$ df . -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdc         30G   16K   30G   1% /mnt/foo