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INTEREST: Demon Slayer Staff Addresses Infinity Castle Film's Trailer Leak

I can get a whole movie being uploaded being a crime but a trailer not so much since it's whole purpose is to get you to go see the movie.

ZelosZoidberg wrote:

I can get a whole movie being uploaded being a crime but a trailer not so much since it's whole purpose is to get you to go see the movie.

Not your call how they want to market their film. A lot of time, money, effort, goes into planning and executing a marketing strategy, including when and where stuff like trailers are shown so as to have maximum impact. It's not for you, me, or anyone outside of the ones who made the product and are selling the product, to decide if now is the time to start showing off the trailer and talking details, etc. The law in this regard is mostly plain and clear - filming inside a movie theater while a film is playing is illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. Uploading that recording is further illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. There's no "I think their marketing strategy sucks" exclusion in the law.

The law in this regard is mostly plain and clear - filming inside a movie theater while a film is playing is illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. Uploading that recording is further illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. There's no "I think their marketing strategy sucks" exclusion in the law

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The law in this regard is mostly plain and clear - filming inside a movie theater while a film is playing is illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. Uploading that recording is further illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. There's no "I think their marketing strategy sucks" exclusion in the law

Demon Slayer is a billion dollar franchise and Aniplex isn’t some tiny indie company. They’re not going to become poor because some kids recorded a trailer that’s probably going to be released in like a month anyway. Just send a C&D or something but charging $10,000 yen for posting a trailer is just Aniplex being cops.

From a legal perspective, which is what I said, you don't have an out by arguing the victim is really rich or their marketing strategy is dumb, or you don't like them for whatever reason. The LAW here is pretty straightforward

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

Quote: The law in this regard is mostly plain and clear - filming inside a movie theater while a film is playing is illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. Uploading that recording is further illegal, punishable by a fine and/or jail time. There's no "I think their marketing strategy sucks" exclusion in the law Demon Slayer is a billion dollar franchise and Aniplex isn’t some tiny indie company. They’re not going to become poor because some kids recorded a trailer that’s probably going to be released in like a month anyway. Just send a C&D or something but charging $10,000 yen for posting a trailer is just Aniplex being cops.

Who said Aniplex is charging the fee. The law doesn't care about who you are or who the victim is. If Aniplex, or anyone, chooses to let someone violate a law with no consequence, why does the law exist at all? $10k is the fine the LAW places on the individual for committing the crime. Aniplex isn't sending anyone after whoever did this to go collect $10k from their bank. All they did was post on their social media the warning that whoever did this shouldn't have and violated the law by doing so. From a legal perspective, which is what I said, you don't have an out by arguing the victim is really rich or their marketing strategy is dumb, or you don't like them for whatever reason. The LAW here is pretty straightforward.

Does it end up in court is an entirely different question that I at no point addressed.