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File Hosts Shut Down En Masse

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Such major file hosting services as Filesonic and Fileserve have begun shutting down or crippling their services out of fear that they may end up following Megaupload’s management in being extradited to the US to face charges of facilitating copyright infringement on a grand scale.

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  • Chen-04 commented on October 13, 2013 03:11

    To be fair, physical media (RAW) is pretty much worthless. A DVD/BD is what.. $0,20? And enough paper to fill a book... even less? (It's not the age of tapes anymore, where the raw physical... More

  • Anonymous commented on February 26, 2012 04:09

    Disney doesn't own the Happy Birthday song. Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith hill from Kentucky do.... More

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USA Shuts Down Megaupload

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The US government has shut down top file hosting service Megaupload and had its founder arrested on suspicion of causing $500 million in lost revenue to content sellers.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 25, 2012 04:01

    Now we know who will be rescued in next Whale Wars season. Only on Discovery!... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 24, 2012 05:30

    "Hello, Mr. Movie Maker, i came from a poor country, and it gives me the right of watching your movie without paying because i barely have money for my food!"... More

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Jump Manga Suspended for Tracing

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Grand Jump serialised gourmet manga “Dashi Master” is the latest manga to fall victim to the temptations of Google Images, with the publishers suspending its publication after its author was accused of tracing a significant number of images.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 28, 2012 08:16

    I don't give a shit. It looks good.... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 30, 2011 03:54

    Of course he was probably getting payed next to nothing, but...... More

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A judge who was recorded viciously belting his disabled daughter for her illicit downloads has caused outrage online, not least because he specialises in presiding over domestic disputes.

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  • Anonymous commented on February 10, 2012 20:11

    Very nice, pls tell me the address, i promise i'll only stab him in the head once.... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 22, 2011 00:54

    fucking parents! you can talk it over dammit with your daughter dammit! if i had a daughter or a son, i wouldn't fucking hit him or her like that.... More

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Manga Plagiarism “More Blatant Than Ever”

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2ch’s plagiarism police have been sharing some of their favourite examples of how not to go about blatant manga plagiarism, although at times it seems their zealous pursuit of these goals has got the better of them.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 4, 2012 10:47

    I get plagiarism but the comparison between the warlords from one piece and the picture of naruto aren't alike except for the panels. I mean if your having a organized meeting of an official... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 11, 2011 18:26

    Sooner or later these talentless artists will lose readers anyway.. No need to blatant bout it.... More

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China Gives Rip-Off Anime Top Culture Prize

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Anime fans are aghast at the news that the Guangxi government has given its highest award for cultural excellence to a Chinese moral indoctrination anime widely derided as a complete rip-off of 5cm Per Second.

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  • Anonymous commented on September 30, 2015 19:03

    that was more than 4 yrs ago. Actually, Chinese government has always been a joke, for the past 60 yrs... Who cares about the prizes it gave? Recently there have been a exhibition-tour of Shinkai-san's... More

  • Anonymous commented on March 4, 2012 11:08

    我操你妈共产党，已经把中国搞的这么乱了，还支持山寨版的东西 马英九，您何时来救我们大陆人民啊？ T.T... More

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China Quality Anime Quite Something

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The “Chinese edition” of Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru has lately been attracting attention for any number of reasons – mostly relating to its rather spectacularly suspect cover…

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  • Anonymous commented on January 6, 2014 13:15

    It will also explode after watching. Truly splendid.... More

  • Anonymous commented on November 13, 2012 05:35

    i had to create a Meme image for this >_> http://imgflip.com/i/6ker... More

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Abandoned Dreamland

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Urban explorers have descended upon the abandoned ruins of Nara Dreamland, revealing in some detail the spectacle of a celebrated amusement park descending into ruin.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 19, 2012 15:55

    Good God, that's a lot of dead trees. 0_0 Also, why the fuck do all the pirates have viking hats on?... More

  • Anonymous commented on August 27, 2011 11:04

    you know what those game machines would be worth stateside... More

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China Pirates Aircraft Carrier

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The launch of China’s first aircraft carrier has been marred by accusations that it has pirated much of technology used in the ship, with Russia in particular said to be livid at the shameless copying of its aircraft designs.

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  • Anonymous commented on February 27, 2014 01:57

    that plane will asplode. mark my words. just look at its spectacular engineered exteriors. what high levels of detail it has.... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 17, 2013 04:30

    You're overgeneralizing though, Russia is plenty mad at China for reverse engineering shopped tech and building it's own copies of much of the technology in it's indigenous arms industry.... More

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A major accident on China’s much trumpeted new high speed rail system has prompted the inevitable “China quality” denunciations online.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 27, 2013 04:42

    Are you trying to promote a short-hand for Weeaboo or just rushing your insult?... More

  • Anonymous commented on October 27, 2013 04:40

    You have to realize that a Bullet Train accidents happen at 150+ mph (241+ kph) and that the occupancy of those cars was 100. I'm not sure when this was posted but the pictures are... More

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China Pirates Train “Down to the Mascot”

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China is being accused of pirating Japan’s Shinkansen down to the children’s cartoon based on its locomotives.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 6, 2013 18:12

    And now splattered pigeon... More

  • Kaz M commented on August 22, 2012 14:24

    what you are saying is the same thing as saying Red Toyota Corolla LE is a completely different car compared to Brown Toyota Corolla LE. Do you know what paint is? Look at the shape, not the color:... More

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Shogakukan Bans Fan Art

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Top manga publisher Shogakukan has banned almost all online fan activity pertaining to its works, most notably any form of artwork or doujinshi based on its characters.

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  • Anonymous commented on August 20, 2013 09:16

    YUP... We call it the Lottery mentality... Winner take all... triti... More

  • Anonymous commented on June 26, 2013 03:48

    I can just picture it. The police run in and arrest a guy in a costume at a convention and everyone is dumbfounded. It would then go to court and the company would lose and would... More

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