Luminous5481 "Murder All Zionists" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 20 hours agoTokyo court rules movie and anime 'spoiler articles' are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prisonwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkTokyo court rules movie and anime 'spoiler articles' are copyright infringement in landmark criminal case — detailed, monetized plot summaries land man in Japanese prisonwww.tomshardware.comLuminous5481 "Murder All Zionists" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
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
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·18 hours agoFan-made sub translations?
minus-squareBobby@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·17 hours ago 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.
minus-squareCyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·15 hours agoThe translations and distribution of .srt files seems like a clear derivative work. For hard subs, though, yes.
minus-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoAh, was completely unaware that was the case. Thanks!
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.
The translations and distribution of .srt files seems like a clear derivative work. For hard subs, though, yes.
Ah, was completely unaware that was the case. Thanks!