Sunrise demands removal of fanart, screencaps etc.

[xgraphy.livejournal.com]

Not exactly Code Geass related, but Sunrise. Still an interesting read though.

Though the article is safe, the website and images is NSFW; wait till you get home guys.

I understand they have the right to 'protect' their work, but ugh... v__v (Though I do agree on the banning of KuroKami...)

Comments

[raane.livejournal.com]

That...is a pretty badly written cease-and-desist letter. How do we know it's for real?

Edit: Additionally, Clause 1 Paragraph 23 (which I assume is in Section 101 in the "Copyright Act") is a definition, not a law. And it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the images in question anyway. Either Sunrise can't afford a decent lawyer or this is a hoax. >.>

Edit again: What was I thinking, there's no way Clause 1 paragraph 23 makes a lick of sense. What section? Where's the rest of the cite?? I'm definitely calling hoax.

[raane.livejournal.com]

I realize that they might be referring to a Japanese law, but it'd still be a woefully inadequate cite. Something like "clause 1, paragraph 23" would normally be the tail end of a more complex cite including title and section numbers.

I'd like to know who this letter was sent to, and whether it's translated.

[raane.livejournal.com]

Hmm, okay. After looking around I found a different translation that refers to Article 23, Clause 1 which actually could make sense. Never mind!

[ctrl-a.livejournal.com]

Article 23, subsection (?) 1: "The author shall have the exclusive right to make the public transmission of his work (including the making transmittable of his work in the case of the interactive transmission)."

Translating organizational structures is the most painful thing ever. Things like article vs. paragraph vs. title, or ministry vs. department. Ugh!