Fanart and Cosplay can become illegal

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What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership




It's a proposed trade agreement involving 12 nations in the Pacific Rim. The biggest controversy is the secrecy behind it; the general public has no idea what the TPP entails. However, some documents released by Wikileaks have health professionals, freedom activists, environmentalists, and organized labor groups all in a tiff. You can find all that stuff at your own leisure, so I won't bore you with it.

How does this affect the anime and manga industry?




It could potentially turn good, honest fans into criminals. The intellectual property provisions, which is headed by the U.S., looks to lower what is considered criminal and to increase the penalties. 

Now, punishing criminals who steal others works for money is perfectly fine, but with the new provisions, the average fan can get tangled into a legal battle. Any derivative work, like fan art, cosplay or doujin manga, can fall under a criminal offensive even if the original rights owner doesn't file a complaint.



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Anybody know anything more? If this is fact. WHY AREN'T PEOPLE PROTESTING??








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ZenEinKodama's avatar
What happened to your other post on this?

I just wrote an article about this also: fav.me/d9ql5hl