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On the other hand, Japan pretty much ignores the amateur comics community using copyrighted works for their fan fiction. Even when they have big, well known, ev
by hiccuphippo 2y ago
On the other hand, Japan pretty much ignores the amateur comics community using copyrighted works for their fan fiction. Even when they have big, well known, events where they sell the comics.
- anigbrowl 2y agoThere's an industry consensus to leave it alone in most* cases, since it is considered to expand the total manga market and generate new talent. Micro-publishers are very different from megacorporations, though. * Unsurprisingly a famous exception involves Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_doujinshi_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_doujinshi_inciden...
- numpad0 2y agoThere's a unwritten framework regulating it, unwritten but enforced by selective C&D. I think that's how a lot of industries work anyway, see Oracle v. Google drama on use of Java in Android.