Hiromi spent most of her life feeling trapped.
Growing up, the now 58-year-old Japanese acupuncturist felt pressure to conform to Japan’s rules-based society, and to become a model worker and wife. She married young and had three children, but later divorced and says she still struggles to make ends meet.
“I’m sure some Japanese people question this way of life where we take the same crammed train at the same time; we get sucked into corporate life. It’s like we don’t think for ourselves; instead, we follow someone else’s outline for us,” Hiromi told CNN Business. She withheld her full name to keep her privacy.
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Timothy Geigner
When it comes to copyright enforcement, there is always this tension between protection against true copying of expression of content or characters and the benefits of having wider attention paid to the original content. This tension is perhaps most distinctly exhibited when it comes to works and activities done and enjoyed by fans. Fan-fiction, fan-art, fan-made games: these all tend to ride the gray zone between cost and benefit to original creators such that the reactions to them by copyright holders tend to be all over the place. Some creators recognize that most of this expression is a net benefit, while others go the full protectionist route.
January 28, 2021
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Japanese cosplayers might be in a spot of trouble.
The world of cosplaying might be on the cusp of radical change, due to the Japanese government’s proposal of big changes to existing copyright laws.
These changes would affect anyone in Japan who makes money from cosplaying, and even those who don’t.
As writer-translator Matt Alt states, professional cosplayers might have to pay to dress up as their favourite characters under these new law changes.
Cosplayers typically make big bucks via subscription services (such as Patreon), picture sales or paid appearances at conventions and other such events.