ACGDOG website reported that a mobile phone APP in the name of the same filter of Makoto Shinkai Animation has been popular in China and Japan recently. However, Japanese netizens soon found that the processed materials in this APP were all from Makoto Shinkai’s works, and it seems that they have not been authorized. Now this APP has announced that it has stolen Makoto Shinkai materials and apologized. What is embarrassing is that there is an China company behind this APP, and it has obtained the right to use Makoto Shinkai’s works only in China.
The APP called "Everfilter" is an iOS/Android dual-platform photo processing application launched by a company named TopBuzz Makoto Shinkai, whose main purpose is to process’s "Your Name" with one click. "Animated style photos.
At first, this APP really exploded on the Japanese Internet, and many Japanese netizens exposed their own photos of Makoto Shinkai style. But soon, some Japanese netizens who are familiar with Makoto Shinkai’s works found that all the processing materials used in this APP originated from Makoto Shinkai’s previous works, and they directly copied them.
Materials of Makoto Shinkai’s past works, such as "Five centimeters per second" and "The other side of the cloud", were found to be used in this APP by netizens. Japanese netizens suspected that the use of these materials was not authorized by Makoto Shinkai at all, that is, the materials were stolen. Later, some netizens found that the Android version of the APP required too many permissions and risked revealing personal privacy.
original drawing
Effect after processing
The synthetic material originates from the artistic background of Makoto Shinkai’s works.
The main problem is still in stealing materials. Originally, this APP scored well in the iOS Japanese area, but due to the influence of stealing materials, the current score in the Japanese area is only 2 and a half stars.
On the 6th, TopBuzz Japan, the producer of this APP, posted a message on the official Facebook, admitting that it was a mistake that led to this material theft incident.
According to the official statement, TopBuzz Makoto Shinkai has been authorized to use Japanese related materials in China, but these materials have used related materials beyond the authorized scope on the overseas version of the APP without permission.
At present, relevant materials have stopped being provided in the APP, and Topbuzz Makoto Shinkai also apologizes to the users and Japanese copyright owners. At the same time, the official said that the problem of too many rights requirements in the APP is that the SDK was misused in development, and now there is no such problem.
Judging from the official apology information, "Everfilter" and TopBuzz Japan behind it should be related to the domestic time album. After all, the domestic official authorized "Your name. The filter processing application is such a time photo album. As for the problem that too many permissions require personal privacy, it is also a common problem of domestic apps.
This matter is still quite embarrassing. The Japanese side has a very fine division of copyright. Although it is said that it is a bit too much to maliciously steal the material, it is really not authentic to use the material beyond the scope of authorization on the one hand.
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