Fan productions and Fair use

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I had a question from a member on fair use laws, now that Japan is considering a 'fair use' law of copyrighted material, much like one we have in the United States. This does not mean that if a 'fair use' law in Japan is passed, that all Gackt fanvids can stay up on YouTube.

YouTube (and other servers such as YouTube, and livejournal for that matter) host materials at their discretion and by their terms of service, (distinct of national and international law) recently, a comics livejournal account was suspended for sharing scans of comics. The hosting service will always come in on the side of the copyright holder, to save themselves from liability.

As regards Gackt vids on YouTube and Veoh, fair use will be determined by those persons owning copyright (Gordie, on behalf of Gackt, NHK on behalf of it's productions, etc.) not the poster.

Miyavi wedding.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Gackt's friend and fellow S.K.I.N bandmate has married! Congrats!

http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-4571

Gackt News!

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MAGAZINES

Gackt graces the cover of Rockstar, brought to you by ARENA37 stunning in white (with shagalicious hair)
http://www.ongakusenkasha.co.jp/rock/index.html

Gackt's Goals and how you can help support him.

[karadin.livejournal.com]

We all know that Gackt wishes to have a worldwide audience, and in the last few years, he has taken steps to make the world more aware of his presence. These include putting his songlist up at ITunes, having his website and MySpace in four languages, and taking on projects of international scope, such as the upcoming film Bunraku.

We all hope the best for the Bunraku project, however it is merely a piece of Gackt's upcoming media strategy, when we can get more information we will pass it along.

So, what can we overseas fans do to help? First off, BUY GACKT's CD and DVD's - when you can, purchase songs from ITUNES if you find CD's out of your price range. While buying other goods is incidental, magazines can help, because publishers prefer to put artists on the covers that sell a lot of magazines.

WRITE AND EMAIL GACKT with words of support, if he feels welcome by overseas fans he will take steps to meet us when it is economically feasible to do so. Remember that his plans are long-term, and the economy isn't in the best of shape at the moment!

While sharing enabled me to learn about Gackt and become an ardent fan, I have had my inbox inundated in the last week with people offering public downloads of his latest single, Journey Through The Decade. I see at least TWENTY a day. Now, I have seen comments where persons say, hey, Gackt has enough money, downloads don't hurt him, but that is not true.

Music sales are what will allow Gackt to tour overseas, so when you download and do not purchase, that not only hurts Gackt, but your chances of seeing him in your country.

Do your best Soldiers!

GK

Gacktjob Walls, Spring contest

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GacktJob Walls is holding a new contest!
Continuing with the theme from our last contest, the spring walling contest will be centered around the Ghost single and feature scans from the March 09 issue of Fool's Mate. Since a few users had trouble with the scans we used last time, I've personally made the scans this time and I'm sure they should be workable for larger resolutions.

Once again even novice wall makers are urged to enter! Our winning entry will be chosen at random, so everyone has the same chance of winning! The winner will receive they're own, brand new copy of Ghost.

So come in over to gacktjob_walls and check it out!