Japanese man sentenced to prison for posting spoilers

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Comment by throwawayk7h 15 hours ago

The article later clarifies that the actual crime was to post extensive screenshots and descriptions of movies on his blogs, to such detail that it was essentially like reading a picture-book adaptation of the movie. This is really not the same as "posting spoilers."

Comment by 3eb7988a1663 12 hours ago

If not for protecting media giants - this seems like a wonderful service. There are plenty of great movies I will never watch. Having the ability to scroll through a detailed summary with pictures would make it feel much more real than reading a media-less plot summary.

Comment by Nevermark 11 hours ago

> If not for protecting media giants - [ … ]

As soon as we start conditioning ethics, we give up and undermine the principles behind those ethics.

Comment by oliyoung 13 hours ago

Yeah, this seems more like a copyright issue than a "spoilers" issue

Comment by rendall 8 hours ago

For me, there is a sign-up modal overlay that prevents reading or scrolling, even though the entire article loads. How did others manage to read the article?