Topic: is parody legal in japan
+Anonymous A — 4.6 years ago #60,770
like a ff7 fanart of cloud but not written "ff7" down there
+Anonymous B — 4.6 years ago, 4 minutes later[T] [B] #619,085
Lots of people make and sell fanart without explicitly stating the series name in the image. I would presume that as long as you aren't claiming to own rights to the character, you should be ok.
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·Anonymous A (OP) — 4.6 years ago, 3 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #619,086
@previous (B)
thanks. but can you argue this in court if expected? which specific law will you cite? parody(so similarly fanart i guess) IS protected in US i know but i dont know japan.
i always thought these fanartist had somehow bought in some license for their sales.
·Anonymous B — 4.6 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[T] [B] #619,088
@previous (A)
I'm not a lawyer, but Japan has hentai doujins based on series and I'm guessing most series creators don't actually grant consent for pornographic materials based on their intellectual property. Of course, these are usually labelled as "[series] Fan Book" to differentiate them from official manga.
·Anonymous A (OP) — 4.6 years ago, 1 hour later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #619,089
@previous (B)
since doujin is not, grid by grid copies of each page, then theyre more of trademark infringement...right?
·Anonymous B — 4.6 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 hours after the original post[T] [B] #619,094
@previous (A)
I don't really know the specifics in legalese terms.
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