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Japan: “Piracy Increases Anime Sales”

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Japan’s prestigious Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), a government-affiliated economics think-tank, has published detailed research suggesting anime piracy can boost disc sales.

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  • Anonymous commented on May 13, 2011 18:10

    Que bien que acepten esto ya que en algunos paises es algo dificil adquirir anime apoyo los productos originales... More

  • Anonymous commented on February 14, 2011 14:23

    THAT IT'S!!! THE GENIUS OF JAPANESE THING EVER!!! DAKARA JAPAN'S ICHIBAN!!!... More

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The mangaka responsible for Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) has excoriated fans who persist in expressing their love for her works to her whilst blithely admitting to her face never actually paying for them, calling them “thieves” and “morally degraded” whilst exhorting fans to support the works they supposedly love.

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  • Anonymous commented on December 18, 2010 20:10

    Seriously, I think alot of readers would like to support the writers. Honestly I read a ton of manga however I can't read jap lol. Learning it is totally not worth the time, money and... More

  • Anonymous commented on September 21, 2010 07:06

    This must be the STUPIDEST argument EVER. She doesn't earn AT ALL everything by selling books or DVD. There's TONS AND TONS AND TONS of merchandise with Kuroshitsuji. I'm SURE she could survive on just that. If she... More

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One Manga Shut Down by Manga Publishers

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A coalition of manga publishers have successfully forced top manga piracy site One Manga offline for good.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 7, 2011 00:10

    xgqscpxbkrfgidjtfjmu, http://www.tvtnafznbz.com cjgracbxaw... More

  • Anonymous commented on February 3, 2011 13:29

    but are you gonna make a site?... More

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Publishers to Sue Manga Piracy Sites

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As promised, the newly formed coalition of Japanese and US manga publishers has indicated it is pursuing legal action against major manga piracy and scanlation sites in defence of its copyrights.

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  • Anonymous commented on May 23, 2011 13:53

    Fucking bullshit! there's nothing wrong with copying and sharing. It's called FILESHARING NOT "PIRACY" you dumb publishing fucks! If i buy something i can AND WILL do as i please with it. If i want... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 21, 2011 19:58

    In the U.S, I wouldn't buy manga anyways, 90% of the time it's been censored both physically and textually,they usually only carry stuff geared towards people under 16 to begin with and shove it off... More

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Top Japanese and US manga publishers have formed a coalition with the aim of crushing illegal online distribution of their manga, explicitly targeting scanlation.

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  • Anonymous commented on August 3, 2010 03:10

    First I agree with many at the point of small series, and the more special ones, wouldn't be know outside Japan, if not for the scanlaters. Second I don't live in a not english-speaking countries, so... More

  • Anonymous commented on August 2, 2010 23:50

    I agree. These publishers out there do not have any considerations for the regions who do not have any existing shops where we could actually purchase manga titles. Especially the ongoing ones.... More

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LO: “Every Time You Download a Manga, You Kill a Loli!”

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Top loli manga anthology Comic LO has a stark message for its substantial online-only illegal readership, hammered home by a weeping loli – “When you illegally upload, you’re killing our lovers!”

More sinisterly, they tell fans that illegal uploads allow even dirty foreigners to get their hands on Japan’s arts, which could encourage more censorship, as ever missing the point that it is Japanese extremists pushing for a ban in pursuit of their own interests.

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  • Anonymous commented on January 16, 2011 13:46

    Killing our lovers?!! Ftw!! What is the world coming to? I hope they get paper cuts on their dicks for trying to fap and read at the same time.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 16, 2011 13:43

    Wow...you guys are f***in sick.... More

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Epic Games, makers of such manly shooters as Unreal and Gears of War, claim piracy forced them to abandon the PC, and that Facebook based gaming may be the only viable future the platform has.

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  • Anonymous commented on June 4, 2011 03:34

    Online games killer is private servers... but then if the online game is good, it won't be bothered to be pirated.... More

  • thunderlord commented on March 19, 2011 21:04

    its the same way with consoles, best exp fable 2 and 3, there not worth 60 us bucks more like 20 even thats pricey. and i played new games 60 bucks worth and they where... More

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“75% of Ero-Gamers are Pirates”

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Three quarters of eroge users are pirates, with otaku as dishonest and opportunistic as normal people, says a source privy to industry insiders.

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  • Ben commented on October 12, 2010 08:50

    Well duh, extreme sexual deviants aren't likely to have very high moral standards.... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 4, 2010 18:24

    How about some English eroge for the 360/PS3, now? I'd like to think they could lift the censorship requirements if they work out deals together with the eroge industry.... More

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Eroge Maker Plays Hardball with Pirates

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Adult game maker Windmill was so infuriated by an early leak of its latest nondescript eroge that it has asked that Japan’s national high tech crime taskforce investigate, which could see the first ever prosecutions over eroge piracy.

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  • Anonymous commented on August 17, 2010 07:38

    I bet all of the homos on 2ch blamed 'foreigners' for the leak.... More

  • Anonymous commented on April 30, 2010 02:51

    You forgot import excess illegal Mexican immigrants from the US to work in nursing homes and factories. Heck the US government actually would pay for their plane tickets to Japan. They're hard workers and all the only... More

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“Publishers Fear Mangaka, Not Pirates”

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Shonen Jump’s ultimatum to readers to stop uploading its manga online or face legal consequences is in response to publishers’ deeply held fears about a loss of control over their mangaka and a collapse in magazine sales, say commentators.

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  • Anonymous commented on August 27, 2010 21:05

    What about a sort of "MangaFox"-esque website that would have all manga that any artist chooses to post, with ads integrated into webpage as you read, and also a link to the tankoubon version. Just an... More

  • Anonymous commented on August 22, 2010 07:00

    fucking brilliant so thats the real reason god bless sankaku complex I wouldnt of even thought about this, makes complete sense haha INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET.... More

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Shonen Jump to Pirate Scum: “This is War!”

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Shonen Jump has published an editorial threatening those who illegally copy its manga on the Internet with legal or criminal sanctions, and decrying all who would “wound the souls of mangaka.”

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  • Anonymous commented on July 23, 2010 22:40

    When that happens we will need to unite and cause a revolution for freedom!... More

  • Anonymous commented on April 24, 2010 23:22

    They won't win this war, Nothing can stop the INTERNET. The INTERNET and chuck norris are buddies, to declare war on the INTERNET is to declare war on chuck norris. And we know who comes out... More

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Light Novel Author Rages at P2P: “Stop P2P! It’s Sacrilege!”

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An award winning light novel author coming upon their work being illegally shared online has condemned those who share works online as committing an act of “sacrilege” against authors, whilst encouraging readers to use libraries or second-hand bookshops instead…

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  • Anonymous commented on March 11, 2010 16:00

    i agree with the author BUT that won't stop me from pirating~... More

  • Anonymous commented on February 15, 2010 09:42

    in italy there is not any hentai store or second hand p2p will never die for european people if you cannot reach the pirate bay just use a simple web proxy and use opendns... More

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