People’s Daily Online, Tokyo, December 6 The mobile App“Everfilter "became popular on the Internet because it can process photos into anime style. Recently, its operator apologized to the public for copyright infringement. It is reported that the photo style processed by this App is similar to that of Makoto Shinkai’s works, but some people on the Internet pointed out that some legends in this APP are similar to some scenes in Makoto Shinkai’s works, and they suspected that they used screenshots of Makoto Shinkai’s works without authorization.
The developer of Everfilter in Google Play and App Store is Topbuzz China, but its actual operator is a Japanese enterprise. The Japanese version of the App was put on shelves in early December 2016 and was welcomed by netizens on social networks such as Twitter and Instagram. But at the same time, some netizens pointed out that the App used Makoto Shinkai’s works "Five centimeters per second" and "Your name" without authorization when changing the effect of the picture. The background art in is an act of copyright infringement.
In response, the App operator responded on Twitter and Facebook on the evening of December 4: "After investigation, the use of Everfilter in China has been approved by the copyright owner, but it is found that the special effect has been mistakenly added to the overseas version." "We will immediately stop using this special effect and contact Mr. Makoto Shinkai, the copyright holder."
At present, CoMix Wave Films, an animation production company, manages the copyright of Makoto Shinkai’s works. According to an interview with J-CAST News in Japan, the company said that it "has nothing to do with the App and has not given permission". And the movie "Your Name" that is being shown. Dongbao Co., Ltd., the copyright manager of "",also said that "it is currently being confirmed" as to whether the application has been licensed in China.
At the same time, using the App requires personal information such as phone numbers, so some people on the Internet question its information security. In this regard, the App operator apologized on Twitter on the evening of the 4 th: "The software developer mistakenly used the software development kit (SDK)" and fixed this problem. (Compile: Yuan Meng Reviewer: Chen Jianjun)