This should just be a civil matter with a possible suit from the asshat corporation.
It should absolutely not be a crime.
It should absolutely not be a crime.
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FromSoftware's parent company, Kadokawa, has man arrested due to uploading videogame videos
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Something about how when he was arrested, owning child porn wasn't something that would really send you to jail at the time, just a fine.
Now you go to jail, but that was sadly a recent change in the law and not there at the time the guy got caught.
Granted, that is just what I read, technically the guy paid his fine and got punished according to law at the time...a few years ago, if he had been caught now he would be in jail.
Actually you know what, I really WISH VNs were really so simple. I just want to READ a visual novel and NOT play them aka having options to change the story but just press space, space and space to forward the lines. :(
Ahhh it will dépend for me. I loved Stein gate. But it's kinda true that sometimes i just want to read like higurashi , umineko etc....
But recently the vn from square enix , the 7 something was a little like Stein gate and it was awesome too
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what is with the nintendo trolling, some type of way to deflect criticism from kadokawa?
yeah, nintendo ironically is one of the best japanese publishers about streaming nowadays and people here are acting we are still in 2015
Yet some in this thread still managed it. I can't, lol
So, you want Kinetic Novels?
That's basically the name for those, you just read and read with no options, you get the same VN style of art and sound to accompany the story too.
It has it's fans, but also haters who will downvote sometimes on places like Steam for not being "games!" as it's really just clicking and reading a story and some do want options and routes.
I guess..?
Personally speaking I do not considering visual novels as a video game..as someone who loves to read JP and CN fantasy/isekai novels, I consider these literally visual novels.
I agree it should be only a civil suit, but Japanese law tends to crack down hard on the wrong things.
When you put it that way, you’re right: he should be thrown in fucking jail.
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Jesus, will the punishment fetishists ever find an offense too small to arrest someone over?
He's been violating the Copyright Act for over 4 years, which includes illegally uploading anime content. Most Japanese studios in the entertainment industry set strict guidelines on how much and what elements of their games content creators are allowed to share/upload, including the extent to which they can be monetized. It might sound stupid to you, but these companies put these guidelines in place to prevent spoilers and content creators profiting from it unethically. Furthermore, it's the fucking law dude, the guy knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do so. There is nothing stupid about this at all.
LoL ok this has looped around to funny for me with the face of that dog or whatever it is...
but yah a visual novel with no commentary or lets players making fun of everything the whole time is definitely not transformative.
Funnily enough that's the only reason I know From still exists. I played AC back on PS1 but don't usually care for their games. It was because of Era and YT that I decided to try one of their more recent offerings.
Note that "it's the law" isn't exactly a defense of a company overstepping given that many companies exploit laws and there are a metric fuckton of incredibly stupid outdated laws.
It’s an infringement of copyright any way you put it, question is wether it’s fair use, which hinges on application of parody, education and how much commercial damage you’re doing. This is not pertaining to Japan though.
When that particular law protects the work and content of artists who have spent years on projects only for some individual to infringe those rights, I think it's completely acceptable to exercise the law to its full extent. This is not an outdated or stupid law, don't be ridiculous.
