So, conceivably, if an author doesn’t want their work shown in a certain way-say, on YouTube-then, they would apparently have legal standing in Japan to contest that. In Japan, the author has a tremendous amount of control over how their work is presented. The author shall have the right to preserve the integrity of his work and its title against any distortion, mutilation or other modification against his will. The author shall have the right to determine whether his true name or pseudonym should be indicated as the name of the author. The author shall have the rights to offer to make available to the public his work which has not yet been made public. I’m no lawyer, but as attorney Keiji Sugiyama explained in a presentation at Fordham University, Japanese copyright law does not have a general fair use provision like the United States.

This maybe true however, copyright law in Japan is.different. Those are certainly valid and immediate concerns.Īccording to Mark, he says that he ensures that he and his employees adhere to policy regarding fair dealing and fair use as outlined by YouTube, his own country, and other countries. “And as a result, the main source of my company’s income is now gone,” said Mark, adding that he has a family to provide for and employees to look after. Note that a handful of those videos did not feature any anime clips, but rather, were how-to-draw explainers.įor context, Mark explained that because he and his team work on one video a week, the block 150 videos are equal to nearly three years worth of work. And when I woke up this morning, it had reached a total of 150 videos that my audience can no longer see and that I can no longer monetize.” All the videos in question were either for Dragon Ball or One Piece, both of which Toei animates.

“One hour later, that number rose to twenty-eight. “Two nights ago, I received an email notifying me that fifteen of my videos had been copyright claimed and block by Toei Animation,” Mark continues.

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