Attitude aside, this is a serious issue for people who make creative …

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Comment on Ken Akamatsu vs NicoNico Douga – “They Are Thieves!” by Shippoyasha:

Attitude aside, this is a serious issue for people who make creative entertainment for a living. It’s true that publishers and big companies may be a big middleman in all this, but in terms of legal rights, they are in the right to claim it.

I’m not sure how it boils down to using licensed imagery and music for parodies and such. Youtube is still wrangling with it for example.

Akamatsu does seem to be very direct with his words, but I don’t think he’s doing it out of pure malice, if you can believe it.

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Ken Akamatsu vs NicoNico Douga – “They Are Thieves!”:

If Youtube can work around it, then Niconico probably can. Issues with fan-made works are fluid in terms of profitability anyway. It’s not a done deal either way, even if they work with Akamatsus on this.
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Just voicing out his thoughts isn’t the same as attacking his fans. We need to relax here. Don’t get all caught up in the way this site automatically goes for inflammatory wording on describing his point. He is talking about Niconico. Not its fans.

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