John UM
On February 13th, Kadokawa Multi-Country Co., Ltd. (カドカワ株式会社) issued an announcement announcing that its president, Kazuyuki, resigned and his company played more Become a subsidiary of Kadokawa
Kakugawa, which is centered on publishing and video, and a multi-player company that operates services such as NicoNico animation and animelo mix, the two companies merged in 2014. In 2015, in order to emphasize the management integration of the two parties, the holding company changed its name, and took the “KA” of KADOKAWA, the “DO” of DWANGO, the “KA” of KADOKAWA, and the “WA” of DWANGO, and renamed it “カドカワ”——It is exactly the same as the Japanese pronunciation of Kadokawa
According to this announcement, the founder of the multi-playing country, Kawakami, gave birth to a full-time director of Kadokawa, and a number of directors from many countries played resignation as directors of the holding company, and many countries were also included in Kadokawa. The original “merger” of the two sides has now completely become the “swallowing” of Kadokawa against many countries
(https://www.release.tdnet.info/inbs/140120190213476421.pdf).
The merger of Kadokawa and the multi-player country was originally intended to integrate Kadokawa’s IP creation capabilities and multi-player network services to achieve synergy and create a new and innovative business. However, in the four years after the merger, Kadokawa still performed strongly in the depression publishing industry; instead, it was the pillar cause of multi-playing countries. NicoNico animation gradually fell behind in the market competition because the user experience has not improved
UserマッシナNicoNico animated paying member number change table based on historical financial reports
(https://twitter.com/massina/status/1095668643390644224).
In November last year, the multi-play country launched the location information game “テクテクテクテク”. This masterpiece, which has spent many years and used the resources of many subsidiaries of Kadokawa, only brought in a turnover of 9 million yen in the last quarter. Not only did it not allow more countries to return to life, but it caused a deficit of 800 million yen
(https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/9468/ir_material_for_fiscal_ym1/61063/00.pdf).
Just as the country is sluggish, Kawasaki has been actively promoting various remarks on the Internet to attract hatred
Kawakami has consistently advocated that China’s cyber policy “is correct in a certain sense, doing what is taken for granted as a state” and believes that the country can only adopt policies on global platforms such as Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon. It is shielding. Only China, relying on shielding, has developed a platform that can fight against Google and Amazon
Last year, when the pirated comics website attracted the attention of the world, Kawakami came forward and supported the government to block pirated websites without legislation. This attitude has caused many criticisms for him and the entire Kadokawa to play with the country. However, Chuan Shang did not change his tough attitude, but also pleaded guilty to his blogger, Mr. Yamamoto, to court
Therefore, for the resignation of Kawakami, although there are also voices of pity on the Internet, there are not many people who clap their hands
IT Architect and famous blogger Nan Zhengxian said: When the NicoNico animation created by Kazuyuki Kasumi was blocked by YouTube and forced to become independent as a pirate website, no one would think that he would Become a flag bearer wants to promote Japan’s online censorship. It’s really impermanence
(https://twitter.com/masanork/status/1095687665452605440).
Due to the negative attitude of the publishing industry, the policy of blockade foreign websites that was carried out by Kagawa was not accepted. However, on the same day that the same is true, another stupid policy that the creators strongly oppose is becoming a reality
On February 13th, the Copyright Subcommittee of the Japan Cultural Review Council officially passed the report on measures against pirated websites, and will submit amendments to the Copyright Law to the National Assembly. According to the report, animated pictures, illustrations, photos, etc., released on the personal blog or Twitter account without the permission of the owner, will also constitute piracy. Knowing that it is pirated and downloading (including screenshots) will be illegal and may be sentenced to up to 2 years in prison and fine
(https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASM2D6F8NM2DUCVL03V.html).
Prior to this, the well-known cartoonists such as Akamatsu Ken, the executive director of the Japan Cartoon Artists Association, and Keiko, president of the Japanese Manga Society, had voiced the media and opposed this policy
On February 8th, a number of cartoonists and scholars gathered in the Senate House of Representatives to hold an opposition rally. At the rally, Akamatsu said that although he thanked the government for protecting the rights of cartoonists, this behavior was “somewhat excessive.” His own hard drive also retains many illustration pictures for reference to the color schemes of predecessors. If this behavior is illegal, then “Japan’s color CG illustrations, commercial cartoonists and illustrators will face the catastrophe.”
Bamboo Palace is also worried that this bill will lead to the shrinking of secondary creative activities, and the relationship between cartoonists and fan communities collapses
Jurist Dawu Xiongyu pointed out that in 2012, Japan amended the copyright law and illegally downloaded movies and music, but after that, no one was reported. Although the government said that this modification has stopped people from downloading pirated copies, there is no objective evidence. Dawu believes that this “ineffective legal modification has no meaning and will damage people’s trust in the law, so it should stop.”
In addition, the report cracked down on downloading pirated copies, but pirated websites such as “Manga Village”, which was most concerned last year, did not provide downloads, but only online. Modifying the law does not affect people watching such sites. This also made the participants question the significance of this approach
(https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1902/08/news154.html).
After the report was passed, the cartoonists even sent out a disappointing sigh
The cartoonist Erzhigong Zhizi questioned: This measure, under the banner of protecting writers, but which writer asked them to do this?
(https://twitter.com/nino0120444/status/1095535987818618881).
The novelist secretary Anda Yuzhang ridiculed that the government department that came up with such a policy is known as the “Cultural Hall”, which is really a slippery world. He suggested that it would be better to change the name “Cultural Destruction Hall” or “idiots”
(https://twitter.com/adachi_hiro/status/1095559114095095820).
Comic editor Takeshita Taro is worried that although the government will not arrest anyone who sees a screenshot, this crime may become a pocket crime. If the authorities look at who is upset, they will use this crime to make a confession and break into the house. Computers and mobile phones, as long as you pull out a screenshot of copyright infringement, you can arrest on the spot
(https://twitter.com/kentaro666/status/1095643204337070080)