Japanese YouTuber Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Sharing Gameplay and Anime Videos

Japanese YouTuber Shinobu Yoshida has been sentenced to two years in prison and a 1 million yen fine for sharing Steins;Gate gameplay videos.

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So this effectively will kill the Japanese Lets Play sector of videos? I wonder how this will effect vtubers.
- This is why japanese vtuber companies get permission for every game they play on stream. Japanese copyright law is crazy strict
- Dude streamed a NOT YET RELEASED visual novel that was obtained illegally.
- Yeah basically game/anime streaming just died with this decision.

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