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INTEREST: Yoshiki, Dan Da Dan Staff Apologize Over Concerns on X Japan Parody

So is this going to get pulled in future versions of the episode? I'm sure the episode will be preserved if it is but I wonder where they go from here.

The song itself is entirely show-original, right? Assuming that's true, it's kind've wild to me that under Japanese parody laws this is an issue at all (though consistent with my impression of Japanese IP law more broadly).

Welcome to the no Fair Use policy country after all, especially when ever there you got the batshit lawyers trying to take a piece of a pie.

Japanese companies being so protective of their intellectual properties and how different their copyright laws are compared to the rest of the world are some of the reasons why Nintendo is so infamous for taking down fan-games, having difficulties with content creators that centered around their games and basically suing anyone? Right?
To be fair, it's not only Nintendo, companies like Toei and Tsuburaya are also known for protecting their IPs. But in the case of Dan Da Dan's I find interesting because it is a Japanese production, I would have assumed that they would be more aware that X Japan's members or the record companies could have gone after them for their parody. Though I do remember many years ago that the Osomatsu-san anime staff got into trouble for a Anpanman parody in its first season.
Honestly, Japanese copyright laws or whatever are very confusing, because doujinshi is huge

some of the reasons why Nintendo is so infamous for taking down fan-games, having difficulties with content creators that centered around their games and basically suing anyone? Right?