[Copyright] Osaka District Court, Reiwa 7 (Wa) No. 10048 <Presiding Judge Matsukawa>
Updated: Oct 9
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Categories: Copyright
Issues: Moral rights
First published on this website: October 5, 2026
Case information: [Copyright] Osaka District Court, Reiwa 7 (Wa) No. 10048 <Presiding Judge Matsukawa>
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[Copyright] Osaka District Court, Reiwa 7 (Wa) No. 10048 <Presiding Judge Matsukawa>
1. The defendants' unauthorized cropping and omission of the author's name infringed the plaintiff's right to maintain the integrity of the work and right of attribution.
⇒ The defendants argued that the image only appeared to have been cropped due to the website's layout specifications, but this argument was not accepted.
2. The article's content as a whole, incorporating inappropriate language intended to attract views, damaged the plaintiff's social reputation as a photographer and constituted exploitation of the work in a way that was prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation (Article 113(11) of the Copyright Act).
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