Not as ridiculous as it sounds if you read the article. They rejected the argument that they were attacking the fictional character and not the people, because they were clearly targeting the people.
The comments aren’t illegal everywhere (honestly it’s the kinda shit that gets said about every Vtuber, to the point where it’s banal to me) but Korea probably has stricter defamation laws than, say, the US.
Korea absolutely has much stricter defamation laws to the point I’m afraid to give a restaurant less than 5 stars on UberEats. I kid, but you really gotta be careful what you say about people online or even in person. I had a co-worker call our boss a liar and get sued for it. Dude was definitely a liar.
Would you be allowed to say something neutral like “I did not enjoy my meal”?
Haha. Yeah. I was being a bit hyperbolic about the five stars thing.
Yeah vtubers are a little different than a traditional cartoon character. If someone hates Homer Simpson and says he has sex with dogs when he’s not on TV that is obviously absurd, but if someone says that about a vtuber the implication is that this is about the real person who portrays the vtuber. IMO if something would be illegal to say about a regular streamer, it should probably be illegal to say about a vtuber. I am generally on the side of freedom of speech on these things, but I think for consistency’s sake the law should treat the two similarly.
Is it because they’re IPs owned by corporations?
It’s because they are voiced by real people.
Attack the virtual avatar as a thin vail to.hide the fact your actually attacking the voice actor is a real problem.
Fuck it happens in audiobooks for heaven sakes.
Fuck it happens in audiobooks for heaven sakes.
what?
It’s because they are voiced by real people
For now
