Court Rejects Fair Use Claim, Orders YouTube to Unmask Anime Recap Channels

Source: Torrentfreak.com· Ernesto Van der Sar· August 14, 2026

A California federal court has ordered YouTube to unmask three popular South Korean creators of anime recap channels. The creators filed a motion to quash the DMCA subpoena, requested by Japanese publisher KADOKAWA, but the court rejected the fair use claim, …

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