TOKYO, Dec 10 (News On Japan) –
The Fair Trade Commission issued a warning to 4 livestreamer administration companies after discovering that performers on the Pococha streaming app have been certain by contracts that restricted their actions, together with clauses requiring them to chorus from livestreaming for a sure interval after leaving their company.
The companies warned have been AEGIS GROUP, Colors, 321 and WASABI, all of which handle so-called “livers” who broadcast on platforms reminiscent of Pococha.
According to the Fair Trade Commission, the contracts signed between the 4 companies and their affiliated livestreamers contained provisions that restricted the performers’ actions, together with bans on livestreaming for a specified interval after leaving the company. The variety of livestreamers affected by these contracts is estimated to whole round 30,000 throughout the 4 companies. The fee decided that such restrictions may doubtlessly violate antitrust regulation and issued a warning to the companies on December XXth.
After a sequence of incidents within the leisure trade wherein expertise companies have been discovered to impede the switch of artists to different companies, the Fair Trade Commission compiled and revealed pointers in September outlining “conduct expected of entertainment agencies,” together with applicable measures when artists change affiliations.
By disclosing the names of the companies concerned on this case, the fee mentioned it goals to advertise honest enterprise practices throughout the broader leisure trade.
Source: TBS