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[Article / Copyright] Appeal: Reiwa 4 (Ne) 10019; first instance: Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 2 (Wa) 24492, “Tweets pointing out tracing plagiarism” (久村吉伸, Patent, February 2024)
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Article / Copyright] Appeal: Reiwa 4 (Ne) 10019; first instance: Tokyo District Court, Reiwa 2 (Wa) 24492, “Tweets pointing out tracing plagiarism” (久村吉伸, Patent, February 2024) (1) Reproduction and public-transmission rights (quotation defense) The purpose of attaching images to critical tweets was criticism. Quoting Y’s illustrations to identify the subject of criticism was held to be within the extent justified by the quotation’s purpos
[Copyright] Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 14955
Read the Japanese version / 日本語版を読む [Copyright] Tokyo District Court, Case No. 2024 (Wa) 14955 (Presiding Judge Nakajima) *Quotation defense under Article 32(1) of the Copyright Act established. (Excerpt from the judgment — translated) The defendant criticizes D's very act of creating and posting the original image. Since the image at issue is the direct object of the criticism in the post, there is an extremely high necessity to attach it. The image attached by the defendant
