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INTEREST: Guardian: Shueisha Confirms French Publisher's "All-in-One" One Piece Book Was U

According to a spokesperson for the publisher, there is no copyright infringement because it is physically impossible to read the book.

[...] The work is credited to artist Ilan Manouach, who describes it as "the materialization of an ecosystem saturated by media." Each print costs 1,900 euros.

According to a spokesperson for the publisher, there is no copyright infringement because it is physically impossible to read the book.

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According to a spokesperson for the publisher, there is no copyright infringement because it is physically impossible to read the book. [...] The work is credited to artist Ilan Manouach, who describes it as "the materialization of an ecosystem saturated by media." Each print costs 1,900 euros.

Idk man, using copyrighted material to make items that you sell for 2000 € sounds like copyright infringement to me. Even if the book is unreadable, the metres-wide spine is still filled with artwork from the series. Not to mention that I doubt that removing the space makes the title different enough from a trademark perspective...

Here's a thought experiment: what if after they made it they coated the entire thing in clear epoxy or glue so that it really, _really_ couldn't be read ever.
Would then it maybe just be considered an art display piece in your mind? Does that make it "better"? Oddly it kind of does when I think about it.

Manouach is known for creating remixes of influential comics. Some of his projects have been controversial, such as his Katz comic, a redraw of the French edition of Art Spiegelman's Maus portraying the characters as cats instead of mice. The publisher accused the book of copyright infringement in 2012, and Manouach destroyed the copies on their request.

According to a spokesperson for the publisher, there is no copyright infringement because it is physically impossible to read the book.

According to a spokesperson for the publisher, there is no copyright infringement because it is physically impossible to read the book.

LMAO what a response.

I tried reading his description of what this was supposed to be, and it just sounds like word soup to me. Then again, I'm not convinced that the point wasn't to repackage the manga and resell it to people that will pay for the novelty.

Actually, it's a very legitimate piece of a fair-use response to a copyright complaint. The impact on the commercial exploitation of the original work is taken into consideration when determining fair use. Ie: "Can the derivative be used as a replacement for the original?" In this case, the publisher is claiming that the derivative can't be used as a replacement for the original, and therefore there is no negative impact on the financial exploitation of the original.

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According to a spokesperson for the publisher, there is no copyright infringement because it is physically impossible to read the book.

FilthyCasual wrote:

LMAO what a response.

Actually, it's a very legitimate piece of a fair-use response to a copyright complaint. The impact on the commercial exploitation of the original work is taken into consideration when determining fair use. Ie: "Can the derivative be used as a replacement for the original?" In this case, the publisher is claiming that the derivative can't be used as a replacement for the original, and therefore there is no negative impact on the financial exploitation of the original.

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