> And you can be sure some people staying there will try to push the "lewd act" boundary for fun, bringing in more views.
> Ultimately, this will be a better advertisement for that hotel than comparable money can buy online.
Until someone does go too far, and the hotel finds out that they're expected to police these livestreams to ensure certain meeting certain standards that are wide and seemingly arbitrary, and the hotel becomes liable for the behaviour of one of their guests.
Japan has a lot of rules and regulations around what can be seen, produced, etc. for sexuality, just as a small example.
Yup. There was a famous/notorious comedy TV show that livestreamed a guy living in an apartment stark naked, subsisting entirely on what he could win from magazine sweepstakes contests. The TV producers had to hire a video editor 24/7 to keep a little eggplant emoji over his privates.
I actually remember this show. This was prior to reality TV shows and arguably before movie 'The Truman Show'. I did not had the honor to see this on TV, but I was been told and then checked out some Japanese websites (more like blogs, but before they were been called that) that provide text and photo updates on Nasubi's progress.
A quick search today, here are the articles that archives its history:
If they don't monitor, delay, and edit the result - yes, they will run into issues. If they really stream it live, not just say so for novelty, that's definitely an issue.
> Ultimately, this will be a better advertisement for that hotel than comparable money can buy online.
Until someone does go too far, and the hotel finds out that they're expected to police these livestreams to ensure certain meeting certain standards that are wide and seemingly arbitrary, and the hotel becomes liable for the behaviour of one of their guests.
Japan has a lot of rules and regulations around what can be seen, produced, etc. for sexuality, just as a small example.