
Business Jan 6, 2022
China bans most exclusive copyright deals for digital music platforms
The order comes amid a widening crackdown by Chinese regulators on the country's technology sector.
China bans most exclusive copyright deals for digital music platforms
The order comes amid a widening crackdown by Chinese regulators on the country's technology sector.
Damage from one recently-closed site, Manga Bank, is believed to have totaled over ¥200 billion.
According to the verdict, the man sold 2,700 copies of the software racking up around ¥31.7 million in sales.
The trio breached copyright law posting the shortened versions of movies on YouTube with narration describing the films' plots.
Two men arrested over unauthorized copying of Japanese-style artwork
The unauthorized prints were elaborate enough to deceive many, except for specialists, who noticed that the signatures and coloring were slightly unnatural.
Japan's new digital chief called out for image copyright gaffe
A blog post by Yoko Ishikura published last displayed a low-resolution image with a "Pixta" watermark, a breach of the stock photo platform's terms of service.
Websites and apps featuring pirated movies and TV shows make about $1.3 billion from advertising each year, including from major companies like Amazon.com Inc., according to a study.
Google fined $593 million by French antitrust agency
The tech giant is increasingly paying publishers worldwide, but on its own terms.
Fast movies, edited without permission of copyright holders, are each about 10 minutes long and give brief explanations about the stories.
Ex-illegal manga site operator slapped with three-year prison sentence
The Manga-Mura website is believed to have caused the manga industry losses of over ¥300 billion.
China makes us rethink capitalism
Make no mistake: China is in many important ways a capitalist country; but Chinese capitalism is a very different animal from that practiced in the West.
Artist wins copyright claim over goldfish-filled phone booth
In its defense, a merchant's association which erected a similar work in Nara Prefecture claimed that putting goldfish into a phone booth is "nothing but an idea."