{"id":18995,"date":"2023-05-18T14:23:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18995"},"modified":"2023-05-18T14:32:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T05:32:38","slug":"20230518-18995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230518-18995\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested in Japan for uploading Steins;Gate &amp; Spy x Family footage\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japan\u2019s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) has <a href=\"https:\/\/coda-cj.jp\/news\/1531\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disclosed<\/a> that Miyagi Prefectural Police have arrested a man on suspicion of copyright infringement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the announcement made by CODA, the arrested man had been uploading gameplay videos and edited anime footage on YouTube without the permission of the copyright holders. In 2022, the man uploaded an hour-long video of Nitroplus\u2019 adventure game Steins;Gate: My Darling&#8217;s Embrace. The video included content prohibited by the guidelines set by the rights holder, including the endings. The uploader had also been receiving advertising revenue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18997\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-696x391.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-001-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steins;Gate: My Darling&#8217;s Embrace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The same man also uploaded edited videos of the Steins;Gate anime and the Spy x Family anime without permission. KADOKAWA, one of the rights holders of the Steins;Gate anime, has issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/prtimes.jp\/main\/html\/rd\/p\/000012717.000007006.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> of their own regarding this. The man had been uploading the edited anime videos without permission since 2019, and after consultation between KADOKAWA and CODA, it was concluded that the man\u2019s actions are malicious. The company has been cooperating with the police investigation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Miyagi Television Broadcasting\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmt-tv.co.jp\/nnn\/news105wlu50jpa9mnvwmci.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a>, the suspect stated that he did it knowing it was illegal and admitted to the charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002.jpg 960w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/20230518-247820-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Steins;Gate anime&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In their response to the arrest, CODA emphasized that to upload gameplay videos, it is, in principle, necessary to obtain permission from the rights holders, and that unauthorized uploading of such content is an act of copyright infringement. They urged users to post their videos in compliance with the guidelines set by the rights holders of each work. Both KADOKAWA and CODA have stated that they will take decisive action against acts of copyright infringement. Also, according to CODA, this is the first arrest in Japan related to video game video uploads (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOUC17CW10X10C23A5000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nikkei<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><br><br><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230518-247820\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date: 2023-05-18 12:10)<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in Japan was arrested on the grounds of copyright infringement for uploading videos which include content from Steins;Gate and Spy x Family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":19002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-18995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man arrested in Japan for uploading Steins;Gate &amp; 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