"Japan is not happy with the US government's habit of using images from Japanese videogames in its political rhetoric, which has included racist, war-mongering social media posts"

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 27 minutes

the moment nintendo allowed them to use pokemon memes, its too late.

Trump Rapes Kids@lemmy.world · 4 hours

No one in the entire world except Kid Rock and Taylor Swift are proud and happy to be featured in Trump’s insane bullshit.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 11 hours

If Nintendo sues the US government for copyright infringement lemmy’s collective head would explode trying to figure out who to root for.

Honk@sh.itjust.works · 11 hours

sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 9 hours

It will never happen because that’s not what U.S. courts are for.

PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 8 hours

Would be funny as hell if it got them kicked out of okinawa, though.

PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 8 hours

There’s a morejapabese version of this. From a Godzilla movie I believe.

Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 11 hours

I already said in another post that all those tech billionaires LotR-“inspired” surveillance companies will turn me pro IP-law. All those fascist doomsday fuckers can do is steal ideas.

🌸𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻🌸@sh.itjust.works · 1 hour

So every book should now be in a solarpunk setting so they start copying those ideas?

PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 8 hours

IP law will never actually fight against them. Not in ways that matter. Only ending capital.

Dagnet@lemmy.world · 10 hours

Let them fight, I can root for both sides to lose

PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 8 hours

I believe there is a traditional Japanese meme for this.

Lemmayng@lemmy.world · 11 hours

So Captain Bonespurs McSyphilis can freely use Nintendo IP to troll libs online with no consequence whatsoever, but Normie McRegularPerson can pour their heart and soul into making a fan game, fan art, or modding consoles, and they literally will be arrested, thrown in jail, convicted of a felony and be forced to pay Nintendo for the rest of their lives as a literal wage slave.

KssioAug@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 hours

That’s United States of America. The country of free speech, and the land of opportunities. The democracy every country should strive for!

Zomg@piefed.world · 7 hours

They got tariff money and tariff refunds, they’ll be alright…

Speaking of Nintendo that is…

fulg@lemmy.world · 11 hours

« When you’re famous, they let you do it »…

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 11 hours

When Trump uses American copyrighted stuff, he gets sued.

If Japan wants Trump to stop they have to start a war.

That’s what Trump wants. Another war.

FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 hours

Nintendo is fully capable of suing Trump for it, they just don’t like suing people who can afford attorneys fees.

SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 11 hours

Trump can’t afford discovery. Too much truth for him.

PRIMEcavitationfetishist@quokk.au · 8 hours

The us government has a base in Japan. They can be asked to leave. This would piss the CIA off so much.

"Japan is not happy with the US government's habit of using images from Japanese videogames in its political rhetoric, which has included racist, war-mongering social media posts"

Japan has reportedly asked the US to stop using Mario, Pokemon, and others in social media posts