{"id":43131,"date":"2025-01-23T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43131"},"modified":"2025-01-23T18:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:57:54","slug":"japanese-police-arrest-two-people-for-selling-ai-generated-obscene-evangelion-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/japanese-police-arrest-two-people-for-selling-ai-generated-obscene-evangelion-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese police arrest two people for selling AI generated &#8220;obscene&#8221; Evangelion posters\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two men in Japan have been charged with violating Japan\u2019s Copyright Act by creating and illegally selling AI-generated \u201cobscene\u201d posters of female characters from popular anime like Evangelion and Yu-Gi-Oh! (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ntv.co.jp\/category\/society\/8254251316af4911858e23dab4bdb808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NTV<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two individuals used the same modus operandi, creating obscene posters of popular female anime characters using AI prompts and then selling posters of the images on online auction sites. It is believed that one of the offenders, a man from Yokohama, made around 10 million yen between May 2023 and March 2024, while the other, from Shiga, made approximately 5.7 million yen between July 2023 and April 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two men have admitted to the charges, explaining that they did so to cover their living expenses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sale of illegal merchandise is a significant problem for anime companies. 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