>>67601484See the problem is, they're in a bit of a trap, PR wise.
Any content uploaded under the "Selen Tatsuki" channel is property of "Selen Tatsuki" whose IP is owned by Anycolor.
So Selen's MV is - legally speaking - Anycolor's property.
And Selen openly told her fans to infringe on their IP rights which is what kickstarted the whole yab.
But PR wise, that's Selen's MV. Selen spent all the money for it, and she made it for her fans. So while Anycolor legally owns it, enforcing that right would destroy them PR wise.
At the same time they can't allow this precedent of a talent openly infringing on their own IP so blatantly. It would have ripple effects across the other livers if Selen wasn't punished for it, since it would always be used as an example if other livers started doing the same thing.
Especially JP livers, since if they got punished for something a foreign liver was able to do, that would be catastrophic for what little internal cohesion they have.
They HAVE to punish Selen, just for the precedence.
But punishing her also runs the risk of completely evaporating what little goodwill they have left among their own community, and it will also disincentivize EN livers from wasting money on big projects like this if it's just going to get canned last minute.
They can either wait until things have died down (2-3 months maybe, plus a new wave announcement) before terminating her (won't work, the fans will never let it go)
OR
The much less damaging idea of revealing that her month long "break" so far was actually a stealth suspension for violating their IP, during which time they decided to amicably part ways - no graduation stream obviously.
It will still hurt (another open confirmation of stealth suspension) but it's the only way they can salvage this whole shitshow.
