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    2023, a 53-year-old Japanese web creator who uploaded an hour-long video of Steins;Gate: My Darling’s Embrace (including its endings, which were under a streaming ban) alongside other copyrighted content, faced legal repercussions. He was arrested and found guilty of copyright infringement, ultimately being sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for five years, and fined 1 million JPY (roughly $6,400 USD

    oh fuck off