Comiket?

[Furude !HAUUUU8NPQ No.]

Hey, /jp/

So, I've recently been wondering about one thing concerning Comiket. If I am correct, various doujinshi artists are selling their works there, for example the drawings of Touhou characters. How come, they can make profit off copyrighted characters? What are the legal rights concerning this matter? Can they just draw any character they want, and nobody complains about it?

Also, is there any specific content that is prohibited (for example some excessive children cruelty or something)? Do they verify IDs of anyone who wants to buy the adult only books?

If anyone feels like explaining those thing to me, thanks in advance. Pic related.

[Anonymous No.]

It's probably against SOME law

The thing is, Japan doesn't have a sandy vagina or a tight ass about these kinds of things, the only place you'd find people whiny and shallow enough to actually complain about that kind of thing is the U.S.A.

[Anonymous No.]

If I remember correctly, tripfag, the copyright laws in Japan are extremely liberal. As long as you give credit to the source and don't claim you created the characters, you can get away with practically anything as far as derivative works goes.

[Anonymous No.]

Nobody complains because in the end they help to promote the original work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230270
Sometimes they have a sandy vagina.

Like the moyashimon desktop incident.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230270
>>1230274
>>1230277
/thread

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230283
And that guy wasn't even making money off it; he posted it freely.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230277
This, and also because the companies recognize that new talent for the industry can eventually be found amongst the artists at Comiket, so they're basically keeping their industry alive for longer by not killing off these new artists. Unlike what they do in America.

[Anonymous No.]

The copyright owners usually tolerate doujin because many of them started as doujin artist too

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.akibaangels.com/doujin.php
http://www.icaruscomics.com/wp_web/?p=38

Learn to google...

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230277
Viral marketing at its best. Like Touhou.

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>>1230283
I think the group doing that Haruhi fighting game also got threatened.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230283

wut

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230334
Doujins are made for things besides Touhou.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1230261
I thought it was just ZUN that didn't care, because that's the only reason his danmaku side-job is even remotely popular.

[Anonymous No.]

Japanese copyright law has a loophole for what's considered personal creations. So, if you make a derivative work that has a very small run, you're typically fine. This covers most stuff at Comiket.

Of course, if it's Touhou, ZUN has basically said as long as you don't totally crap all over his creations he doesn't care what you do.

There are instances of some derivative works which were eventually shut down by the original creators because they got way too big. Doraemon Final Episode is one that comes to mind.

[Anonymous No.]

i love japan the usa sucks i hate livin in it nyarr i wanna go and make my own doujinshi and earn lotsa fans doujin work is pretty cute btw

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>>1230365
I've seen Touhou scat doujins before. Bwhahahaa.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

It does violate copyright law.

It's just that everyone looks the other way; it's the accepted attitude to have. Yes, The Man can easily shut down Comiket, but he never will because that would be in poor taste.

It's a very Japanese attitude indeed.

[Anonymous No.]

Oh God, I wish I could see Kagamin masturbate.
Then she would see me, jump in my arms, kiss me and beg me to take her virginity. Afterwards, we'd get married and live happily ever after.