Japanese YouTuber Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Sharing Gameplay and Anime Videos
Japanese YouTuber Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Sharing Gameplay and Anime Videos
Japanese YouTuber Shinobu Yoshida has been sentenced to two years in prison and a 1 million yen fine for sharing Steins;Gate gameplay videos.
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Its a suspended sentence, not an imprisonment. Its still shitty and nonsense, but the title of the article is even shittier.
38 0 ReplySo this effectively will kill the Japanese Lets Play sector of videos? I wonder how this will effect vtubers.
27 3 ReplyThis is why japanese vtuber companies get permission for every game they play on stream. Japanese copyright law is crazy strict
31 1 ReplyDude streamed a NOT YET RELEASED visual novel that was obtained illegally.
10 0 ReplyYeah basically game/anime streaming just died with this decision.
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That's a bit much for what they did. I could understand if they leaked an episode early or ripped a blu ray and uploaded it to a torrent site. However it sounds like they basically made an amv of SpyxFamily.
15 2 ReplyYou could understand being sentenced to two years in prison for leaking an episode early? Boy, I can't.
4 0 ReplyAt least they can have a leg to stand on with the whole copyright thing. I still think this is all bs though.
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