Not So Flyable Heart
June 19th, 2010, by
Posted in Translation
, Tagged: Flyable Heart, UNiSONSHIFT:Blossom
Despite having instituted a ban on Japanese IP addresses, the TLWiki apparently receives yet another cease and desist email, this time from SOFTPAL Inc. regarding the newly-started Flyable Heart project on the wiki. This resulted in the prompt deletion of the main project page from the wiki. Currently it is not clear whether that particular project will continue outside of the wiki. However, there is another project for Flyable Heart that appears to still be going, with project files on a REtrans site and discussions on 4chan.
The email received is quoted below:
貴サイト「http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Flyable_Heart」にて行われております、
弊社製品「Flyable Heart」の英文化は、著作権権利者である弊社は一切認めておりません。即時、開発と公開の停止をお願いいたします。
以上です。
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株式会社ソフパル ／ SOFTPAL Inc.
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〒556-0004 大阪市浪速区日本橋西 1-2-5 Aiビル5Ｆ
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The following is a translation:
We do not authorize in any degree the English localization of our product “Flyable Heart” that is taking place on your website (http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Flyable_Heart). We would like you to please immediately stop work on this project and please stop making this available to the public. That is all.
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SOFTPAL Inc.
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〒556-0004 Osaka-shi, Naniwa-ku, Nipponbashi-nishi 1-2-5, Ai Building 5F
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June 20th, 2010 at 12:25 am
They have the legalese disclaimer in Japanese on the front page. However, they ban Japanese IPs. However, they apparently would still comply with any C&Ds that would make it through somehow.
Their behavior is just so inconsistent it’s like cognitive dissonance illustrated. Just decide on one or the other already, for god’s sake.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:38 am
@1
I believe TLWiki staff have stated that the only reason they comply with C&Ds is to prevent the webhost from liability. As for the legalese, that’s so communiques don’t get sent to random project e-mails nobody checks and get inadvertently ignored (as the eden* C&D originally was.)
No one wants more C&Ds, so there’s nothing inconsistent about making it more difficult for Japanese companies to access TLWiki, while at the same time not ignoring their threats once made and risking legal action against the host.
June 20th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I’m still going to translate Yui’s route.
update: Seems to be going alright
http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/index.php?title=Talk:Flyable_Heart