He received two years in prison and a 1 million yen fine.

Japanese YouTuber convicted of copyright violation after uploading Let’s Play videos::A 53-year-old Japanese man has been convicted of copyright infringement after uploading gameplay videos of visual novel Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace and videos summarizing Spy × Family and Steins;Gate anime episodes.

  • @thannEnglish
    12•10 months ago

    YouTube would need to ban 90% of its videos in Japan to protect its uploaders from copyright violations.

    That would probably force Japan to update its copyright laws, but YT won’t do it because they’d loose profits for one quarter