Japanese Broadcasters to YouTube: Keep Off
February 7th, 2007 at 9:47 pm (Anime, Articles)
From the Anime News Service:
YouTube CEO Chad Hurley and Google CTO Steve Cen met with representatives of 23 Japanese copyright agencies in Tokyo on Tuesday, February 6th. Corporate lawyers were present as were members of the The Japanese Society of Rights of Authors and Composers (JASRAC) and The National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan. Afterwards a large press conference was held, however, the Google and YouTube reps opted out of speaking at that event. YouTube has apparantly agreed to introducing a copyright warning message in Japanese on the site at this early stage. In addition, development of a new copyright management system will be undertaken in cooperation with Google. Regarding a request that users uploading content should register their home and name, YouTube told the group that might be difficult to implement and be effective. Satoyuki Uei of The National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan described Hurley and Cen as gentlemen. The Japanese side seems to be not 100% pleased but has indicated there was no breakdown of negotiations from the meeting.
This is serious business. :V
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Zeroblade said,
February 7, 2007 at 11:03 pm
This is kinda both bad and good. Bad in a way that people can’t watch [shitty quality] anime through YouTube. Good in a way that people will buy the DVD releases…possibly.
It’s mostly bad though, but I don’t use YouTube to watch anime anyway.
Hinano said,
February 8, 2007 at 12:27 am
LAAAMMEEE. Wtf Japan, not like we can watch your TV. If you want us to not upload anime to YouTube how about you broadcast it on USTV. Faggots.
Ronin said,
February 8, 2007 at 12:58 am
WTF indeed, if I do say so myself. :V
Japan needs to sort out their intelligence. This is not good for both sides of the Pacific.
rdrake said,
February 8, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Youtube? Oh well. It’s no loss to me, I guess. Never used that place for anime because I couldn’t take the low quality…
Ronin said,
February 8, 2007 at 11:22 pm
rdrake Said: But it’s free, amirite?
OHKRAオクラ！ said,
February 11, 2007 at 7:11 pm
We can’t blame them. They’re pointing out their rights when it comes to intellectual property.
Think about it. They make animations not only to give viewers entertainment but also they do it for profit because it’s business; they have a company, tools, sounds, people and other factors.
And I think the reason why they don’t release it overseas, especially in US it’s because of the moral issues. Anime can take any kind of genres and stories (you already know what I’m pointing out.).
So we just have to give them a little respect on their decisions.
Ronin AnimeLover said,
February 12, 2007 at 12:19 am
@OHKRAオクラ！ : I guess the “moral issue with anime” is believable. If we take away our Western attitudes and appreciate anime for what it is, then we wouldn’t have this whole debate on whether anime is offensive to people (especially those unappreciative of the whole deal with anime bordering on the “immoral”).