Artist warned/threatened by Anycolor over unfounded rumors that she leaked confidential informati
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An artist/creator in Japan tweeted yesterday that she received warning/threatening letter from Anycolor.
According to the document, Anycolor states that they heard from the third party she leaked confidetial information that violates their contract and harm Anycolor's reputation. She denied ever saying these things. The third party who told Anycolor is CEO of Unicreate as seen in the images; she hid some info but not the names of CEO. She says that Unicreate refused to pay her for her work and she had to go to legal agency (Tokyo Metropolian Goverment) to finally get them to pay. And it was right after she received the document from Anycolor.
I dug into this and found out that CEO of Unicreate is known for his bad rep and Anycolor believed his words without checking with the artist first.
The artist got advised by people to consult a lawyer and then deleted the original tweet. This all happened yesterday.
This morning, she tweeted again,that Anycolor staff with a "lawywer's badge" used CEO's signature seal (which is often used in JP business) without his permission. I assume Anycolor gave her a reply after she consulted lawyer. She tweeted that it is illegal and expressed her surprise and disappointment that the company employs such a person. She also said she feels sorry for CEO because he probably didn't know about it. Please see the links below for her tweets or images attached with translation.
Now, I am not sure if I believe that Tazumi didn't know about this because 1) the tone and tactic of the document is consistent with we've seen with Selen's termination letter, IR statement, and black screen stream 2) in Japan it is common to make an employee take the fall to preserve a company's reputation (I wish this culture would end honestly).
Either way I don't think we will find out the actual truth, but it is really concerning they did not check with the artist first before sending warning/threathening letter, believed the words of someone with questionable past, and that Anycolor legal staff used CEO's signature without his permission.
Honestly have no idea what is going on with this company.