This is a fan translation carrd for Strawberry Prince's rules by @stpri_enTL. Images are taken directly from the website.
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A Wish to Everyone That Knows "Sutopuri"
Listeners draw illustrations, make goods for themselves, and so on.
We, as “Sutopuri”, do our activities hoping that everyone can keep enjoying what we do happily.
Unfortunately, there has been a lot of reports about people reposting others’ art to their social media, people selling the goods they made themselves, and many more.
So that everyone can enjoy our activities and be considerate of others,
be it the listeners that have followed us for a long time or new listeners that have just known us,
we have compiled a wish from us “Sutopuri”, filled with the explanation of the rules along with questions from everyone.
We that work on the internet also have things called portrait rights and copyright.
Not obeying them means violating the law.
What is a "portrait right"?
It’s a right related to someone’s privacy. It’s someone’s right not to get their faces, figures, etc. to be published or used through photos, videos, pictures, or sculptures without their permission.
What is a "privacy"?
It’s a right for someone not to have their private lives exposed through photos, videos, etc. that are published without their permission on the internet.
Everyone has that right.
Sharing someone’s photos, videos, etc. that are taken without permission to others or uploading them to social media is not allowed.
What is a "publicity"?
People that are well-known by the public (Famous people, celebrity, etc.) are perceived to have an “economic value” to their names and image. The rights for those people to own the said value is called “publicity rights”.
Advertising or selling merchandise using someone's name or image without their permission is not allowed.
What is a "copyright"?
It is a right owned by people who express their thoughts and feelings through works like songs, videos from TV and other medias, writings and novels, art and photos, things related to live concerts, etc. These people are known as copyright owner.
What kind of things are allowed? What are not allowed?
✲ T/N: This is the longest and the most important part of the page, so I'm gonna add my own notes to explain it further. I will properly mark my own notes too.
Can we upload images, video screenshots, etc. from Sutopuri or the individual members’ official accounts to our social media or Youtube?
It’s actually prohibited, but as long as it’s used to spread love for Sutopuri or the individual members, then it’s fine!
Please don’t use it in a way that could make other listeners or the members feel bad or even hurt them.
And please don’t use them as your social media account’s icon/avatar because it could be mistaken for an official account.
✲ T/N: I'm going to explain more about official art down below, so I won't talk about it here. Anyways, the members' selfies are included in this category, so it's fine to repost or use them as long as it's for positive use. Just don't use them as your account's profile picture.
Can we upload pictures or videos from live concerts or events to our social media or Youtube?
Filming/photographing in a live concert or events are prohibited. It counts as “non-consensual photography” and it is a crime. Uploading them to social media or Youtube is inexcusable! Please do not do this.
Can we upload Sutopuri illustrations that we don’t draw ourselves?
Aside from official illustrations, the answer might change depending on the artist. If you really want to use them, please ask the respective artist first.
✲ T/N: The members sometimes use fanarts made by listeners in their tweets or Youtube thumbnails, so if an art is posted in the member's account (especially in their sub accounts), it doesn't automatically means that it's official art, so please be careful.
As was said in the previous questions, official arts are fine to be reposted but don't use them as an icon (this includes art used in MVs. I'm not sure about header, but I guess it's fine).
A list of Sutopuri's official artists:
Primary official artists (mainly used for the members' visuals, MV, merch, etc.): nanao-san (@ramio3_2), fukahire-san (@fuka_hire), and kiritani-san (@kiritani1210). Sutopuri arts made by them are mostly, but not all official.Other official artists (arts are often used in MVs or other videos): sayu-san (@_sayu_T) and shun-san (@shun_324).
Again, please keep in mind that they also make fanarts sometimes so please do not use their art just because they're official artists! Most of them allows saving but not using, let alone reposting.
Can we make song, dance, music instrument covers, etc. using Sutopuri or the members’ songs and upload it to our social media or Youtube?
If it’s our original songs that are uploaded in Youtube, then there’s basically nothing we can restrict.
We would be happy if you create lots of contents you can enjoy as a form of conveying your love and support for us.
Can we make merchandise/goods based on the pictures or videos that are uploaded in Sutopuri or the individual members’ official social media account, official site, Youtube, etc.?
If it’s a merchandise/goods filled with love for Sutopuri and is made for personal fun, then there’s no problem with it!
Can we sell the Sutopuri goods we made ourselves?
It is prohibited by law. You cannot sell it, so please be careful.
✲ T/N: In case these two points aren't clear enough, basically you can make your own Sutopuri merchs, but you can't sell them. So it's only allowed for non-commercial purposes like self-satisfaction, gift, or giveaways.
Can we start a campaign in social media or Youtube using Sutopuri or the individual members’ name, logo, or goods?
It is prohibited by law. It could lead to a bigger trouble, so please don’t start any projects that could be mistaken for an official campaign.
[Caution] Official Sutopuri Campaigns will not be carried out anywhere aside from these Twitter accounts: Sutopuri's Official Account (@StPri_info) and Sutopuri’s goods/giveaway account (STPR_records), so please be careful.
Can we impersonate Sutopuri or the individual members in social media, Youtube, etc. and upload things there?
It is prohibited by social media laws. Accounts that can be mistaken as official might lead to an even bigger problem, so please don’t do this.
EXTRA: Rules for their streams and videos!
✲ T/N: This is not in the rules site, but it's taken from their Youtube stream's description.
Please do not comment about things unrelated to the stream and don’t start conversations between listeners in the comment! (Some listeners might feel bad because of it, so be careful!)Do not mention the members’ names in other people’s videos/streams.Please refrain from saying things that could make others uncomfortable.Please do not give attention to spam/hateful comments (Those kinds of comments will be marked as NG and will be banned by a staff moderator during the stream or after it ends, so don’t worry! And please do not spread the cause of those comments in Twitter, etc.!)Spamming your name, emojis, etc. might make others uncomfortable, so please refrain from doing it.We will not answer to comments that say things that caters too much to one’s personal requests like “Call my name”, “Read my comment”, “Please do 〇〇”.People that do not follow the rules above will be blocked.
To protect everyone’s fun! This is a wish from Sutopuri!
✲ T/N: Regarding non-Japanese comments.
Of course, it's fine, but make sure that it can be translated easily using a translator-- avoid using slangs because it doesn't translate well most of the time. Please choose your words carefully.
And if possible, please don't stray from the current topic, don't comment unrelated things out of nowhere. I know not everyone understands Japanese so this might be hard to do, but at least don't spam to get noticed.
Lastly, we once again ask you a favor.
We actually really want everyone to enjoy things as free as they want!
But we think there should be a consideration (promise) between everyone so that we all can enjoy things without thinking about anything sad or bad.
This time, we tried to explain it in this form!
We do want you to protect this promise, but the other thing we want to ask you is to be considerate to each other as you enjoy our content.
We don’t want you to refuse others’ thoughts or torment them. First of all, try putting yourself in their shoes and think if you like being treated that way, and if you don’t, then we don’t want you to do that to others.
If everyone brought even a little bit of kindness to the “consideration” they’re thinking of, then it’ll bring an even bigger kindness and understanding. We think everyone can be even happier that way.
Thank you for your support as always!
Sutopuri will continue trying their best to be a group you can proudly speak your love to everyone around you, be it your family, friend, or lover!
Please take care of us from now on too!
— Nanamori.
EXTRA 2: General community guide (Unofficial)
This part is not written on any of their sites and is only based on my observation and knowledge so it doesn't have an importance of the same level as the official rules, but I still would suggest you to give this part a read too. Especially if you're not sure about how to interact well with the community, more specifically the Japanese one! Also, this list isn't limited to Sutopuri, so maybe you can use it as a reference for other similar communities too.
When replying to the members in Japanese, it is highly suggested to use polite speech (keigo), although sometimes it's fine to use casual speech as long as it doesn't come off as rude.When typing the members' name in Japanese, it is very suggested to use honorifics like -san or -kun. This one is more important than the one above.
The reasons for the ones above are the same, it's because not doing so might come off as disrespectful or rude, but calling the members with honorifics is more important because not doing so is another level of rude (like I said, sometimes casual is fine as long as it doesn't came off as rude, but it's still very recommended to use polite speech instead).
The members egosearch often (mostly on Twitter), so make sure to watch what you tweet in Japanese.
If you want to talk about them without them finding your tweet by chance while egosearching, try using emojis or just don't type their name in full + -kun in Japanese (for example, 💗くん or maybe さくん (Sa-kun) for Satomi). Things like these are referred as エゴサ避け (egosa-sake, avoiding egosearch).
If you are a part of a member's subscription/membership, please refrain from tweeting about what happened in a public account.
Subscriptions/membership are also paid contents, so if possible, please refrain from talking about the contents of the stream in a public acc! Many people use a subscription/membership only account (locked) to tweet about the stream.
DO NOT SHIP THE MEMBERS PUBLICLY.
This is the most important.
The members might have anime boys as their avatar, but they are still real people and shipping real people counts as namamono (often shortened as nmmn) and the Japanese community is very strict with this. Not only ships, actually any form of derivative works (especially things like AU works, crossovers, fics, etc.) still counts as nmmn even when it's not intended to be shippy. Some general works are still fine to post publicly, like the siblings or school AU because the official has that (the six brothers and Tooi-san series). General derivative works are sometimes hard to decide if it's okay or not, so if you want to post it publicly, please at least avoid using the official hashtags and don't type the members' name in full, use egosa-sake like I showed in the point before this. Fics mostly go into the no area so it's better not to post it publicly.
Self-shipping/yume belongs to this category too, that's why utaite (or any similar real person category) yume arts in the jp fandom usually covers the utaite's face if posted publicly, and yume fics belong in the nmmn tag too.
I won't comment anything on people that ships them, but please keep it behind a locked acc because they have their own rules for this too. Please avoid using the official tag for posts that might have any hint of ship so that other listeners or the members won't find them.
That's all I can list for now. There might be additions or removals in the future.
Please DM me if there's anything you want to add or remove from this part, Thank you very much!