Violation of the Copyright Act: Salaryman arrested for illegal distribution of Arashi videos

[acidae]

It's not really the sort of news people will want to hear so soon after reading about Jun's surprise visit to kids affected by the earthquake, but since this is pretty relevant to fandom I thought people would benefit from a full translation as well.

Violation of the Japanese Copyright Act: Salaryman arrested for illegal distribution of "Arashi"

Comments

[darkhriss]

Oh boy...but I guess he deserves it as he wanted to make money out of it.

[natsurin]

OMG.... This kinda news again... >.<
Uploading to Youtube is suicide!!!! >.<

[jellybean6972]

Heh~ He wanted to earn some "spending money". Wow~
Thanks for sharing :)

[ohmiya_sari]

so scared...!!

mmm..can i ask something????

like in LJ,,its not streaming sites right....??? so its mean it safe just to post here???

what makes the different from streaming sites??? sorry i dont understand cyber too much..!!

hope arashi fans still follow the rules to not repost anything in streaming sites..!!!

[darkhriss]

It's still violation of the copyrights, no matter where you post it. But there are a few differences.

- posting in LJ is a little bit more 'hidden', as we can lock our communities
- we are not making money out of it, so it's no THAT bad ( but again, still illegal )
- we are not living in Japan. I never heard of someone from another country being arrested, just having their websites closed.

[ohmiya_sari]

oooooo....thats the different.....but still so scared ne...

thanks for ur explaination....

gomen...i'm not good in english...!!!

[melodyofmysoul]

Just to add to what darkhriss has mentioned, this is the very reason why a lot of videos subbed by the communities explicitly state that these should not be uploaded to streaming sites. It's not just limited to Youtube; there's also Dramacrazy, Dailymotion, and many others.

To be technical about it, a lot of the things that we're doing here are illegal. Whether it's fansubbing, J-web translations, or uploading scans and raw videos. However, the difference lies in the fact that most of us do it to share the love and not to make a profit out of it like what this guy did. This is why it's important to follow the rules of uploaders as well as fansubbers. We wouldn't want to get into trouble.

[wennytrang]

thank you for sharing this new