Japanese YouTuber Shinobu Yoshida has been sentenced to two years in prison and a 1 million yen fine for sharing Steins;Gate gameplay videos.
  • JonnyRobbie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    10 months ago

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

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    273·
    10 months ago

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

    • momocchi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      291·
      10 months ago

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

  • FlyboyM619@lemmy.world
    142·
    10 months ago

    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.eeEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

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

      • FlyboyM619@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

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