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mdo7
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OK after reading this article, my mind is boggle.
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Hameyadea
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First off, the planned anime adaptation is probably dead (hopefully not for good).
Secondly, unless some kind of out-of-court settlement is reached, then the lawsuit(s) will enter legal proceedings (and this might take quite awhile) |
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L'Imperatore
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Poor dude hasn't tweeted ever since the debacle began. I'm really sorry for him...his career is practically done for.
*during a discussion session with his editor* Mangaka: "Uh, sir, aren't all these characters copyrighted?" Editor: "Nah, we'll handle this. Just keep drawing, man. You're doing great. Heck, we might get a TV anime! How cool is that?!" |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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I'm surprised that this is a criminal complaint rather than a civil one. Just goes to show how different the court systems are.
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mangamuscle
Posts: 2658 Location: Mexico |
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Japan legal system is a copy/paste of the USA legal system, therefore, this shows just how much influence corportations have over the legal system; think disney squared. |
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Fronzel
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I don't know much about law but I do know the USA uses a Common Law system and Japan uses a Civil Law system, so I think you're probably overstating at the least. During the reforms of the late 19th century Japanese leaders paid far more attention to European examples than American ones. |
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mdo7
Posts: 6262 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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Last time I check, I don't remember ever seeing the US doing something like this. |
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Touma
 Posts: 2651 Location: Colorado, USA |
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This kind of thing does happen in the US with copyrights, trademarks, and patent infringement. But in the US it comes under civil law, not criminal law. So we have lawyers serving the papers instead of police officers.
The thing that puzzles me about this case is how it could have happened. I doubt that any publisher would use the characters of another publisher without permission, but I am also sure that they would have showed the permission to the police if they did have it. So what happened? Even if they lost the permission, or it was just verbal, they still should have been able to get confirmation from whoever gave them the permission. I am definitely curious to see how this turns out. |
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mdo7
Posts: 6262 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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That's what I meant, I never heard of FBI or the police filing charge against video game companies or their employee for this type of crime like the article is describing. |
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Emerje
 Posts: 7343 Location: Maine |
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So are people still going to defend SE on this one or are they finally realizing that SNK isn't the one being an not-so-nice-people in this mess?
Emerje |
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mdo7
Posts: 6262 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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For now, I don't know, and people are not sure what to make of this case (that includes me).
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Running Wild
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SNK needs dat money so they can make Garou: Mark Of The Wolves 2, the ultimate fighting game.
And also Samurai Shodown 7 and The Last Blade 3. Neo Geo Battle Coliseum 2. KOFXIV can wait. |
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mangamuscle
Posts: 2658 Location: Mexico |
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After the Second World War, the Japanese legal system underwent major reform under the guidance and direction of Occupation authorities. American law was the strongest influence, at times replacing and at times overlaid onto existing rules and structures. The Constitution, criminal procedure law, and labor law, all crucial for the protection of human rights, and corporate law were substantially revised.[9] Therefore, the Japanese legal system today is essentially a hybrid of continental and Anglo-American legal structures, with strong underlying "flavors" from indigenous Japanese and Chinese characteristics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_Japan |
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configspace
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ALL copyright infringement cases are criminal cases in Japan, unlike the US, so whatever influences American may have certainly did not affect them here.
Another stark difference is that with transformative works such as this, in the US you could actually argue for fair use (see Andy Worhol, parodies, and direct pop culture references in TV, movies, and many others for example) which Japan does not have. They don't have the first sale doctrine like the US either so companies have been have been able to stop people from reselling things like modified figures. |
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Lusbox
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Was thinking the same thing, feel pretty bad for the guy. |
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