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Tokyo court rules movie and anime 'spoiler articles' are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prison (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 3 months ago by Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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cross-posted from: https://anarchist.nexus/c/DeclineIntoCensorship/p/598773/tokyo-court-rules-movie-and-anime-spoiler-articles-are-copyright-infringement-in-land

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/64172206

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[–] HiDiddlyDoodlyHo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 73 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This is an absolutely incredible overreach. What's next, reviews on Goodreads? Fan forums discussing the latest episode of their favorite show? Articles talking about why a property should be handled carefully due to its content? Wikipedia? All of these places make money somehow just to operate, primarily through ad placement like this person's website. Where is the line?

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fan-made sub translations?

[–] Bobby@sh.itjust.works 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fan-made sub translations?

Strictly speaking they have always been illegal, it's just that nobody care because it's hard to argue for damages when an anime isn't commercially distributed in that region.

[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Ah, was completely unaware that was the case. Thanks!

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 3 months ago

Thats fucking crazy

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

How’s that corporate boot taste?

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago

Capitalist scum.

[–] lulungomeena_burbclave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Behold, an illegal fansub:

Spike dies.

Not for sale or rent, please support the commercial release.

[–] Luminous5481@anarchist.nexus 6 points 3 months ago

ok, that's it. straight to jail.

[–] Kissaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

The Godzilla article exceeded 3,000 Japanese characters in length, while the Overlord piece transcribed dialogue verbatim to the actual episode

Well, that's pretty excessive. And monetized.

It's not just summaries or plot overview or interpretation or whatever.

Maybe it'd be different if accessible and marketed as visually impaired accessibility.

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 2 points 3 months ago

Samurai government at work