2ch creator and NicoNico Douga boss Hiroyuki has harshly criticised Crypton Future Media, the company responsible for Hatsune Miku and the MAD boom surrounding her, implying the company is acting hypocritically and is in danger of becoming like JASRAC, the Japanese answer to the RIAA.
He made the comments on his blog:
“I get the impression Crypton have started doing something strange.
I believe Crypton’s CEO Mr Sato used to criticise JASRAC for destroying Japan’s MIDI scene with its use of copyright, but it seems at some point Crypton has started to become the mirror image of this in its behaviour.
There’s a nice song, “Shiroi Usagi,” [below] but Crypton had it deleted [from Nico, where it had nearly 200,000 views] for copyright infringement.
Where JASRAC were concerned, their reasoning in deleting MIDI was clear – “What are you doing uploading a composer’s works onto the Internet for free and with no permission?” However, just how Crypton’s copyright is infringed by “Shiroi Usagi” is a little hard to fathom, isn’t it?
What I don’t like about Crypton’s actions here is that by deleting anything for whatever reason using the pretext of copyright infringement, they are behaving even worse than JASRAC…”
The MAD in question, unmolested on YouTube as they seemingly take no notice of Japanese rights holders:
ehh?what??
There is no point to purchase vocaloid or 3D making software anymore now that the toolmakers are suing for copyright infringement. What’s the point of composing original music when you’re not allowed to post your works on video sharing websites for free? Are we only allowed to post it if we charge people per view?
It’s obvious, that if ideally all vocaloid material is removed from the internet due to copyright infringement then Hatsune Miku will no longer be popular as she is now.
It’s just as ridiculous as if Microsoft were to sue every book publisher for using Microsoft Office to publish their works… or as one user pointed out (which is the best example really) ink companies suing authors for publishing books using their particular brand of ink. Things that are supposed to be under the consumer’s control, suddenly belong to the producers who sold them?
If the publisher doesn’t want its product to be used, then why bother selling them? A tool is a tool, you don’t see Harvey Norman complaining about consumers fixing their roofs with their branded hammers OUT IN PUBLIC.
Can anyone else think of other examples? My brain is fried for the night.
Quick, throw Cryptonites to Crypton! It’ll weaken them!
Wow, and it wasn’t long ago that Hiroyuki and Crypton were on friendly terms. Crypton owes its Vocaloid success to NicoNico, which Hiroyuki had a part in creating. Looks like they’ve fallen out really badly.
Any rights or obligations arising from the vocals created by the software belong to the software user. Just like any music synthesizer, the software is treated as a musical instrument and the vocals as sound. Under the term of license, the Character Vocal Series software can be used to create vocals for commercial or non commercial use, as long as the vocals do not offend public policy. In other words, the user is bound under the term of license with Crypton not to synthesize derogatory or disturbing lyrics. On the other hand, copyrights to the mascot image and name belong to Crypton. Under the term of license, a user cannot commercially distribute a vocal as a song sung by the character, nor use the mascot image on commercial products, without Crypton’s consent.
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