Excerpt from the linked content^1 by Takumi Wakai:
>Debate has started in Japan regarding whether individuals can legally stop others from using their computerized alter egos in cyberspace.
>There have been reports of third parties pretending to be someone else by copying their avatar in the virtual environment.
>The government organized a public-private online meeting on Jan. 26 to discuss the rights to portraits and other intellectual properties in the metaverse.
>A report will be worked out based on the discussions by March, at the earliest.
>The government is also planning to submit to the current ordinary Diet session a revision to the Unfair Competition Prevention Law in the hopes of prohibiting copied articles in the metaverse from being sold.
>The metaverse market was worth 5 trillion yen ($38.9 billion) in 2021 and is projected to reach up to 87 trillion yen by 2050, according to the Cabinet Office.
>A succession of businesses have released metaverse-related offerings and an increasing number of people are using the metaverse.
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Excerpt from the linked content^1 by Takumi Wakai:
>Debate has started in Japan regarding whether individuals can legally stop others from using their computerized alter egos in cyberspace.
>There have been reports of third parties pretending to be someone else by copying their avatar in the virtual environment.
>The government organized a public-private online meeting on Jan. 26 to discuss the rights to portraits and other intellectual properties in the metaverse.
>A report will be worked out based on the discussions by March, at the earliest.
>The government is also planning to submit to the current ordinary Diet session a revision to the Unfair Competition Prevention Law in the hopes of prohibiting copied articles in the metaverse from being sold.
>The metaverse market was worth 5 trillion yen ($38.9 billion) in 2021 and is projected to reach up to 87 trillion yen by 2050, according to the Cabinet Office.
>A succession of businesses have released metaverse-related offerings and an increasing number of people are using the metaverse.
^1 Takumi Wakai for the Asahi Shimbun, 21 Feb. 2023, https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14829317
I came here for a spicy funny take from all you witty Reddit lovelies but I guess my non funny ass will have to wait