Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months 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-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-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-up0·3 months agoFan-made sub translations?
minus-squareBobby@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months 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-squareborari@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAh, was completely unaware that was the case. Thanks!
minus-squareCyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe translations and distribution of .srt files seems like a clear derivative work. For hard subs, though, yes.
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.
Ah, was completely unaware that was the case. Thanks!
The translations and distribution of .srt files seems like a clear derivative work. For hard subs, though, yes.