Japan court orders 2 to pay 500 mil. yen over "fast movie" uploads

The Tokyo District Court on Thursday ordered a man and woman to pay 500 million yen ($3.6 million) in damages to 13 major film production companies for uploading minutes-long, edited versions of their films known as "fast movies" on YouTube without permission.The court awarded the plaintiffs, including Toho Co., Shochiku Co. and Toei Co., the full amount they had demanded in giving the first court decision in Japan concerning damages for unauthorized uploading of such types of edited films.According to the ruling, the pair in their 20s edited and posted the videos from the beginning of 2020…READ FULL ARTICLE