Btw if you’re interested, it’s still mostly speculation on his part, but Meika did talk a bit about the problems with IP transfer (specifically from 2:08 onwards)

I still haven’t interacted with anything ENreco because it feels like way too much stuff to try and keep up (also as an ESL I really struggle with non-captioned lives with a lot of people talking over each other).

Boubon Clipper was doing a compilation series but I think it’s still not even halfway through Chapter 1… I think at some point I’ll probably bite the bullet and do what I can with this site (which honestly seems very well done for what it’s worth), but I still think that they should have official compilation videos on the main channel (yes, I know they did it a bit with Chapter 1, but I doubt they managed to fit 394 hours of content in just 2 hours without skipping almost everything)

…being honest I didn’t really understand what the change entails but thanks anyway, I’m sure someone else with more knowledge in US law will find the answer useful!

As someone who doesn’t speak legalese, are the changes significative? Does everything written in the article still apply?

Definitely malicious compliance from chat lmao

I’ll admit I’m not that knowledgeable about Idol Corp, but from what I know they had a simil-VShojo approach (they signed multiple indies without redebuting them), and they’re not based in Japan, so contracts and copyright law might’ve been different.

I’m pretty sure transferring copyright would still be possible, but as you’ve mentioned it would definitely not be for free, probably even too costly considering how high-profile Cover often goes for illustrators and riggers and how much merch/advertising they already got so far.

Would’ve definitely been a good precedent for the industry, but I don’t know how hard that would’ve been, we can only theorize at this point.

And hopefully, their careers don’t end up being “destroyed”. We’ve seen plenty of holomems go on to be successful as indies, though we don’t have a “sample size” big enough for stars, among the 3 examples in the past 5 years, one of was already more popular (Magni) and another apparently had some personal issues (Gamma). Vesper seems to be doing okay, but definitely less popular than in holo (which happened to girls like Ame and Shion as well).

We’ll see what happens with these six, I personally think Aruran has a huge chance of having an indie popularity as big, if not bigger than before, and the others are definitely not incompetent either. I think one of their biggest hurdles is that they don’t get clipped enough, and when redebuts rely almost entirely on word of mouth, that’s a huge disadvantage.

From what I understood reading around, that might be a copyright issue. Barring VShojo which had a very different contract from the start, I’m pretty sure no other company ever allowed talents to walk away with their IPs before shutting down completely.

Maybe it’s a mess from a legal standpoint, maybe it’s something shareholders might complain about, maybe it’s something else entirely. But either way, (to my knowledge) it’s not something that ever happened in standard VTubing companies, so I think there might be valid reasons behind it.

On most phones/pcs, you have tools to restrict what your kid can or can’t do. I don’t know the specific OS this has happened on, but you can probably limit downloads, timegate specific apps so that they can only play them when you’re around, or maybe even deny camera access to some.

Ouch, they got cut in half… though I guess it’s understandable considering how bad the deal seemed, at least from an outside PoV.

Wish them all luck, they all have genuine singing and/or streaming talent and it would be a shame if it went unexpressed from now on.

Bottom right illustrates the two types of Takodachi

That stream was 4D chess, sasuga not-into-petplay warden

Completely missed the stream(s) but once I have a spare hour and a half will definitely check them + the MV, Autofister is always a treat

“Doctor I need help, my rock started barking halfway through the stream”

…oh. The article only mentions a cease and desist, I didn’t think they were using DMCA takedowns. So the issue (according to Bambu Labs) is that they’re using “their” code, not that they’re accessing their cloud?

I see. Then wouldn’t suing them over this have worked better than “daring” them to sue for this? Or can they use the AGPL argument to win in court even if the case is related to cloud access?

EDIT: actually, is the case over cloud access? Another commenter said it’s DMCA takedowns, is that what they’re using?

(Premise: I don’t have a 3D Printer, have next to zero experience using one and never heard of this controversy before. I’m just asking out of curiosity)

I’m in favor of people using open-source software to use better the stuff they bought, but putting aside my bias that seems pretty clearly an illegal thing, can someone ELI5 how could they not lose if they’re sued?

What I understood is that Bambu Lab sold those printers advertising cloud access to their proprietary servers through their “official means”, but a lot of people used unofficial open-source software to access it, because it worked better. Then at a certain point, the company disabled access to apps that weren’t their proprietary one, but people kept using them. Which prompted the company to sue.

It’s an ass move to do, but the open-source software wasn’t officially supported even before, right? And now it’s still used to access their company cloud, not a separate one, right?

From my understanding they didn’t remove any functionality that was officially advertised, and people are now using unauthorized software to access the company’s proprietary cloud, did I misunderstand something?

I guess that was to be expected. Rather, it would’ve been kinda upsetting if they kept it going after cutting the Stars support.

Anti-competitive practices are business or government practices that prevent or reduce competition in a market. Antitrust laws ensure businesses do not engage in competitive practices that harm other, usually smaller, businesses or consumers. These laws are formed to promote healthy competition within a free market by limiting the abuse of monopoly power.

It’s exactly what these words mean.

Dear god, I already saw some of them but the full compilation just stunned me lmao

Oh I love personalization. When I am the one doing it and not an algorithm doing what it “thinks” is better for me.