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Originally Posted by TBox
I've always wondered what the major differences were. Is the doujin market politely ignored, or is all that stuff legal under Japanese copyright?
But that's severely off topic.
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Not an expert on Japanese copyright law, but it it is my understanding that: (1) it is very, very similar to US copyright law; and (2) the doujinshi market is politely ignored.
Straight out of Japanese copyright law:
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（二次的著作物の利用に関する原著作者の権利）
第二十八条 二次的著作物の原著作物の著作者は、当該 二次的著作物の利用に関し、この款に規定する権利で当 該二次的著作物の著作者が有するものと同一の種類の権 利を専有する。
[A translation found online]
(Right of the original author in the exploitation of a derivative work)
Article 28. In the exploitation of a derivative work, the author of the pre-existing work shall have the same rights as those the author of the derivative work has under the provisions of this Subsection.
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