Japanese YouTuber Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Sharing Gameplay and Anime Videos

https://animecorner.me/japanese-youtuber-sentenced-to-2-years-in-prison-for-sharing-gameplay-and-anime-videos/

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8 Comments

JonnyRobbie@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y

Its a suspended sentence, not an imprisonment. Its still shitty and nonsense, but the title of the article is even shittier.

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y (3 replies)

So this effectively will kill the Japanese Lets Play sector of videos? I wonder how this will effect vtubers.

momocchi@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y

This is why japanese vtuber companies get permission for every game they play on stream. Japanese copyright law is crazy strict

Jpwanabe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Dude streamed a NOT YET RELEASED visual novel that was obtained illegally.

SatouKazuma@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Yeah basically game/anime streaming just died with this decision.

FlyboyM619@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y (2 replies)

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.

xyzzy@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You could understand being sentenced to two years in prison for leaking an episode early? Boy, I can't.

FlyboyM619@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

At least they can have a leg to stand on with the whole copyright thing. I still think this is all bs though.