AmiMoJo shares a report from TorrentFreak: Police in Japan have arrested three individuals who uploaded so-called “fast movies” to YouTube. These edits of mainstream movie titles, that use copyrighted content to reveal entire plotlines in around 10 minutes, are said to discourage people from watching the originals, costing the industry hundreds of millions in lost revenue. According to Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA), there are channels with hundreds of uploads being viewed tens of millions of times, often with a for-profit motive. This means that they may fall outside traditional “fair use” style exceptions. Miyagi Prefectural Police Life Safety Division and the Shiogama Police Station arrested three suspects under suspicion of uploading “fast movies” to YouTube without the rightsholders’ consent. The arrests were reportedly carried out under the Copyright Act, which was boosted with new amendments on January 1, 2021. “From June to July 2020, the suspects edited ‘I Am a Hero’ and two other motion pictures owned by Toho Co., Ltd. as well as ‘Cold Fish’ and one other motion picture owned by Nikkatsu Corporation down to about 10 minutes without the permission of the right holders. Further, the suspects added narration and uploaded the videos to YouTube to earn advertising revenue,” CODA explains. All of the channels shared by CODA appear to be operated from Japan but there is no shortage of YouTube channels operated from the US too.
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