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Some Japanese porn makers avoid getting pirated in China by placing politically sensitive content in the backgrounds


Wasn't there news about police officers playing music in order for videos of them triggering automated copyright/DMCA takedowns?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxb94/is-this-beverly-hills...


In reality it would only demonitize it for the uploader and they wouldnt get paid.


There are many songs completely banned from YouTube, like various Jimi Hendrix songs.


That sounds hilarious! Do you have a link to any articles about this practice?



Widespread in the sense that social media users have done it for long time, and Chinese users are sometimes counteracting by rewriting those into pro-regime phrases, but not what considered safe for commercial entities to exploit. That one is not a professionally produced film.

1: https://news-infoseek-co-jp.translate.goog/article/president... (og: https://news.infoseek.co.jp/article/president_61325/ )

2: https://i.imgur.com/5hjqu3L.jpg (label on bottle and window sign)


Thanks! That’s such a clever idea




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