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Generally speaking, this is a civil matter and not a criminal matter. He was jailed, and arrested because this has recently become a criminal offense. In most
by deafpolygon 3y ago
Generally speaking, this is a civil matter and not a criminal matter. He was jailed, and arrested because this has recently become a criminal offense.
In most other countries, if they can show that they suffered monetary losses or damages, you could be liable for that - yes.
The slippery slope here is that if US or EU gets wind of this and become "inspired" by this... we could see this becoming a thing in the Western world.
- SamReidHughes 3y agoHe undid all the hard work that the visual novel creators put in and undermined the creative industry.
- deafpolygon 3y agoAnd that warrants 2 years in jail?
- SamReidHughes 3y agoI'm not an author or artist or creator of any kind, but if some guy made a bunch of "plot summary" videos of my work, I'd want him hunted down and sentenced to hard labor.