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Anti-Anime/Manga Piracy Operation

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Rheiko

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Apparently, Japanese Government is about to start Anti-Anime/Manga Piracy Operation. I haven't confirmed whether this is really true or not. My friend gave me the pic about this news and i couldn't confirm this yet because i haven't got time. What do you say about this? I'd like to hear your opinions.
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the governments gave internet to the people not the other way around the governments were like prometheus giving fire to the blind and now they have turned against the government! the government should just delete the internet and send them back to the stone age!
 

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Why is everyone upset about an understandable act?
They know manga/anime is extremely popular outside of Japan. And they know that anime/manga is probably the most pirated media of all time (I think even bigger than music, now that iTunes is a thing and legal music distribution services grow more and more successful). It's only natural they take act.

However, what makes me wonder is why they expect shutting down 580 websites will actually change anything. You shut down one site, two new pop up. It's a battle you can not win.
 

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It's to advertise their new market, "launch a new site to guide the fans to a legitimate site", I think.
 

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Aeroblyctos said:
I'm glad we have internet that cannot be controlled by any kind of organisation.

This is FREEDOM!
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Indeed.

sonofjay said:
Doesn't really bother me spending a few dollars if the series really interests me.
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What makes me disagree about spending money is what if the series don't satisfy me? if it's not good enough in my opinion then spending money doesn't worth it of course.
 

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What makes me disagree about spending money is what if the series don't satisfy me?
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You have all the time remaining in your body to decide if you actually wants to buy it or not. This is something you enjoy and spending money should be worth it.

Its just like when you're buying an album of your favorite band. You don't have any idea if it will be good but you will still buy it because you like it.
 

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What makes me disagree about spending money is what if the series don't satisfy me? if it's not good enough in my opinion then spending money doesn't worth it of course.
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That's why there are promotional videos, trailers, and previews. The companies who produce these shows spend money to create and distribute them, and the good thing about them is that you can watch them for free lol.

Manga, on the other hand, is usually advertised by magazines and other printed media, so I guess they would use that new site to advertise them outside of Japan.
 

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Also, I think we should go into more detail about what resources exactly are affected by this. Because there is a big legal grey-zone with non-licenced media.

Basicly, the translation and subbing of series that aren't licenced in the western world has always been tolerated (and isn't even illegal in certain countries hosting such websites). Are those hosting unlicenced material affected by this? If not, then the impact of this act is basicly undermined already - unless fansubbers take money for their service (which is rarely the case). Only then is it technically illegal.
 

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Back to the torrents.
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I'm glad that I use Illegal sites for Free anime. Well, Good luck. :wink:

Chaosy said:
Why is the goverment(s) so retarded? They tried to shut down piratebay? did they succeed? NOPE. This wont succeed either. And even if it does you can still download it from sites like piratebay. Waste of money on such a project.
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The government does nothing except thinking of money for themselves and fake promises to be a Fucking politician.

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Personally I've got crunchyroll acc w/ sub (I think they've got licence) which costs monies but it's for HD and ENG subs w/ reliable releases.

Afaik they don't make any eng subs themselves (they who make the original anime like NHK etc) and it's the guys who pirate it who do freesubs, so why would anybody outside of japan (that doesn't speak japanese) buy 'raw' anime or manga when they wouldn't be able to understand it?
 
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They'll never take narutoget from me!!
 

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Rheiko said:
Indeed.


What makes me disagree about spending money is what if the series don't satisfy me? if it's not good enough in my opinion then spending money doesn't worth it of course.
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that is the case with everything, and yet you buy things(including goodies from shop, cars, houses even, games etc). You cant know if you are going to be satisfied, unless you check reviews and stuff
 

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I hate those bloody business idiots who say "X billion lost in revenue". Since they are not losing revenue. 99% of the people who view them on pirate sites would not view them at all if they were forced to pay. As such the revenue loss is more like a couple of million from those very dishonest people who actually would buy them if they were forced to but prefer to steal them to keep the money for themselves.

These are just nonsense bull*** figures business people dream up to make it sound like they are losing a ton of money from it when in fact they are losing not that much at all.

Especially with Anime which are often not available outside Japan. Sure they are losing money from them being pirated but that is only because they are so stupid they cannot be bothered to release it for sale outside Japan so people can only watch it by piracy. If they offered foreign streaming services with good quality service and at least localized UI I am sure the amount of piracy would drop massively!

My view on "internet piracy" is neutral. I do believe it is wrong if people liked something they pirated and refuse to buy it or would buy it if they were not dishonest people. I do not believe it is wrong if the odd person watches/plays something they could not otherwise get or if they use it to try it out to make a better informed decision to buy or not or if they use it as an early access alternative for something they will buy when it becomes available. The big argument is how much value you actually put in something compared with the amount you paid for it. Playing a game or watching a movie for free for 2-3 hours might as well be you visiting a friends house and sitting around his brought versions having fun. Playing a game for several hundred hours or watching a movie many times for free is wrong as clearly you are enjoying it very much, are going out of your usual way to use it and are refusing to part anything to the makers for the amount of effort they spent producing such a quality product.
 

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Zed said:
Fuck the government.
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Agreed, stupid governments ruining my life.
Anarchy for everyone! Yaayyyyyy

I doubt it'll make much of a difference. They won't be able to do much to American sites, in the same way that American sites can't touch foreign sites that upload American shows. Unless the US give a shit. Which maybe they will, but I don't see why they would if they don't get something in return.
 

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