Tokyo court rejects subtitle claim in latest 'Dawn of the Dead' case
By Toko Sekiguchi ( September 17, 2026, 07:39 GMT | Insight) -- A Tokyo court dismissed a subtitle translator's copyright and moral rights claim over broadcasts of the cult classic “Dawn of the Dead,” finding that broadcasters did not have to independently check subtitle rights where their program supplier said they had been cleared.A Tokyo court dismissed a subtitle translator’s 49 million yen ($315,000) copyright and moral rights claim over broadcasts of the cult classic “Dawn of the Dead,” finding that broadcasters did not have to independently check subtitle rights where their program supplier said they had been cleared....
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