The house has fallen. According to information from the Anime News Network Japanese government cosplayers ' earnings copyright laws forcing cosplayers who earn money from this activity to remit part of the proceeds to organizations.
The report states that the government is currently investigating the situation, seeking input from both copyright holders and cosplayers. However, no legislation has yet been proposed. This would only affect cosplayers who make money from their activities, and would not affect people who cosplay purely for leisure.
Currently, many cosplayers earn money through various activities, such as subscription services, selling photos and videos, and earning fees by participating in events. The current issue in the Japanese government is whether cosplay violates copyright law by reproducing content, or the law on adaptation rights—a topic that has been debated in the cosplay community for some time.
Finally, Tarō Yamada, a member of the Japanese government and leader of the "Freedom of Expression Protection Party," said that it is possible to maintain the "ecosystem" that benefits both companies that own image copyrights and cosplayers fairly, and that, as one of the government members dealing with this issue, he is investigating a way to maintain Japanese copyright laws in the era of "user-generated content."
