
The latest guidelines on what the Touhou Project “officially” considers acceptable includes a ban on the creation of ero-doujinshi, anime, sexy dakimakura, works which are “inappropriate” and even an explicit admonition not to sell Touhou products to foreigners.
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Nintendo is claiming people who exchange save data are infringing its copyright.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 9, 2011 00:26 JST
- Tags: Akita, Copyright, Crime, Google, Internet, Kodansha, Police, Schoolboys, Shueisha, Sites

A schoolboy has been arrested for copyright infringement for using the “free” file hosting service MegaUpload to distribute pirated manga to the public.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 3, 2011 20:19 JST
- Tags: Business, Copyright, DVD Extras, Internet, Marketing, P2P, Politics, Statistics, YouTube

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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China’s “completely original” giant Gundam statue has apparently reappeared, with some modifications, after a mysterious disappearance.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jan 29, 2011 19:39 JST
- Tags: Aeroplanes, Bizarre, China, Comparison, Copyright, Fraud, Hollywood, Made in China, TV

A Chinese state news broadcaster has apparently been caught passing off dogfight footage from the Hollywood movie “Top Gun” as footage of China’s latest fighter jet destroying a target drone in a live fire exercise.
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The batteries of Sony’s newly announced “NGP” cannot be changed, purportedly in an effort to stymy pirates who previously used the battery to hack the original PSP models.
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Funimation is suing 1337 anime pirates for pirating a pirate anime.
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Slatternly seiyuu Aya Hirano seems to be complaining that her evil record company masters are preventing her from making any new music.
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The producers of Fractale have reportedly forced Funimation to pull the English language simulcast until they completely wipe out the wicked scourge of fansubbing.
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The boy-band which brazenly plagiarised a Vocaloid tune only to be outed by angry fans and a distraught creator has finally admitted its shameful conduct and made amends with its victim.
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Police have arrested 2 hobbyists for the grievous crime of modifying a figure to look like another character, charging them with criminal copyright infringement.
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