{"id":43372,"date":"2025-01-29T14:04:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:04:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=43372"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T05:05:02","slug":"individual-charged-20-million-yen-in-damages-for-illegally-selling-sexually-explicit-images-of-vtubers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/nongaming-news\/individual-charged-20-million-yen-in-damages-for-illegally-selling-sexually-explicit-images-of-vtubers\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual charged 20 million yen in damages for illegally selling sexually explicit images of VTubers\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese VTuber agency<strong> Vspo! <\/strong>has revealed that it has reached a 20-million-yen settlement with an individual who is accused of selling sexually explicit images of VTubers affiliated with the agency (as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/kai-you.net\/article\/91573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kai-You<\/a>). This behavior infringes on copyright and violates Vspo!\u2019s guidelines. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vspo! (Virtual eSports Project) is a VTuber agency home to numerous esports teams. Their guidelines specifically prohibit violent, grotesque or sexually explicit expressions in the use of their primary content and in the creation of derivative works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-palette-color-10-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a93a30d02e402789acf8feec369ae16c\" id=\"vtuber-copyright-infringement-and-defamation\" style=\"font-size:1px\">VTuber copyright infringement and defamation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 28, Vspo! reported that a settlement had been reached with an individual who sold sexually explicit images of the agency\u2019s VTubers. The settlement requires the accused to cease selling and delete all relevant illustrations, as well as promise not to engage in such copyright infringement in the future. If the individual swiftly complies with this and pays 2.5 million yen of the settlement, Vspo! has stated that they will waive the remaining damages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group reports that there are several other pending cases of copyright infringement that involve sexually explicit content of its VTubers. Defamation and slander against Vtubers continues to be a big problem as well, with Hololive and Nijisanji owners <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/hololive-nijisanji-owners-form-committee-to-tackle-cyber-bullying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">forming a cross-industry subcommittee<\/a> to tackle this in May 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese VTuber agency Vspo! reached a 20-million-yen settlement in a copyright infringement case involving sexually explicit content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":43376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[17,79],"class_list":["post-43372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-vtuber"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Individual charged 20 million yen in damages for illegally selling sexually explicit images of VTubers\u00a0\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Japanese VTuber agency Vspo! 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