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Missed It: Potential Copyright Implications Of Japan Joining TPP (Comics Reporter)
Brigid Alverson had a nice write-up here about worries that Japan's potential
joining of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) would bring with it
changes to copyright law that could endanger the thriving doujinshi market.
That's the market for fan-created works featuring licensed characters, perhaps
most prominently displayed through the massive Comiket shows that feature that
kind of work being sold to fans. The specific mechanism worried after by
Alverson and hobby business news and analysis site ICv2.com is that the
uniform laws would allow for police to prosecute for copyright infringement
without the person being infringed filing a complaint. As it stands right now,
Japanese publishers and creators make allowances for the doujinshi market as
an expression of fan interests and excitement, and a place for new artists to
develop. As Alverson points out, there are limits to this patience which has
been expressed in the past in actions against material that sells too well or
apes the professionally published versions of a work too closely. This may be
the dumbest question in the world, but is there any reason to think that this
kind of police crackdown would happen? Putting aside the issue of ...
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