Manga Publishers Grill YouTube & TikTok on Piracy and Content ID Restrictions

During a recent copyright meeting at Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, representatives from Google (YouTube) and ByteDance (TikTok) were asked to give presentations on the topic of appropriate compensation. Soon, however, questions turned to Content ID, with a representative for manga publishers noting that, while record labels receive billions of dollars, the manga industry receives nothing.