CATDOLL: The Japanese government amended the TPP agreement and fan works will be protected

Since May last year, the issue of Japan's negotiations to sign the TPP Agreement (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) has attracted widespread attention from the global media, especially the issue that it may affect the creation of anime fan products, which has caused an uproar among anime fans.

However, recently, the Japanese government said that it would not hinder the secondary creation of anime works, and revised the copyright issues. The non-personal prosecution crime, that is, "even if the author or the right holder does not prosecute, the authorities can still report it at their own discretion", will be limited to illegal copying such as piracy. As for the secondary creation of anime works, considering that it does not affect the doujinshi production activities of anime fans, it will not be included in the scope of crackdown.

This will be very beneficial to the animation industry and secondary fan creation, and will further protect the rights of authors and secondary creators. Japanese netizens breathed a sigh of relief: "It turns out that it is impossible to ban it in the end, otherwise the two-dimensional industry will be ruined."