{"id":10179,"date":"2022-03-02T19:43:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T10:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10179"},"modified":"2022-04-27T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T06:09:15","slug":"20220302-10179","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220302-10179\/","title":{"rendered":"Nijisanji VTuber apologizes for downloading pirated porn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>VTuber group Nijisanji\u2019s <strong>Lauren Iroas<\/strong> made an apology on March 2 regarding an incident that took place a few days ago. Iroas was accused of downloading pirated porn content after showing his PC desktop during a livestream, which contained folders with names identical to pirated porn videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although there was no hard evidence that these folders are for pirated porn, Iroas admitted the unauthorized use of copyrighted work in today\u2019s announcement, stating he shouldn\u2019t have done it considering his position as someone who should respect all types of content and creators. He intends to apologize again during a livestream as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u4eca\u56de\u7686\u69d8\u306b\u3054\u8ff7\u60d1\u3092\u304a\u304b\u3051\u3057\u3066\u3044\u308b\u4ef6\u306b\u3064\u3044\u3066 \u5927\u5909\u7533\u3057\u8a33\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/89jC9Qzbhb\">https:\/\/t.co\/89jC9Qzbhb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZMK3qWHbW\">pic.twitter.com\/wZMK3qWHbW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30ed\u30fc\u30ec\u30f3\u30fb\u30a4\u30ed\u30a2\u30b9 (@Lauren_iroas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lauren_iroas\/status\/1498856485757276160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ANYCOLOR, the company behind Nijisanji, also made a statement confirming the VTuber\u2019s misdeed, although the statement mentions that Iroas downloaded them before joining Nijisanji. Regardless, Iroas will refrain from his VTuber activities for a while to reflect on his misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ichika Matsumoto, one of the pornstars featured in the pirated videos, replied to Iroas, saying, \u201cPlease buy the video at FANZA (a Japanese porn site) next time,\u201d with a face with tears of joy emoji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u6b21\u306fFANZA\u3067\u3061\u3083\u3093\u3068\u8cb7\u3063\u3066\u89b3\u3066\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lwj5OgtFj0\">https:\/\/t.co\/lwj5OgtFj0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u677e\u672c\u3044\u3061\u304b (@MatuMoto_Ich1ka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatuMoto_Ich1ka\/status\/1498189573490241541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nijisanji.jp\/en\/members\/lauren-iroas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lauren Iroas<\/a> is a VTuber who belongs to a city defense force, so his misconduct is pretty out of character as well. He debuted in 2021 and has been active as an FPS player, mainly livestreaming games such as<em> Apex Legends<\/em>, <em>Valorant<\/em>, <em>Escape from Tarkov<\/em>, and <em>Rainbow Six Siege<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, there have been a number of incidents related to livestreamers and pro gamers as of late, with VTuber Uruha Rushia getting her <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220224-9990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contract terminated <\/a>for contract violations and pro gamers Tanukana and Kbaton getting released from their team for <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220217-9670\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inappropriate remarks<\/a>.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nijisanji VTuber Lauren Iroas apologizes for downloading pirated porn. 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