
Internet denizens have been clamoring over YouTube’s announcement of “YouTube Red“, an ad-free subscription service soon to milk YouTube’s legion of lowest common denominator watchers.
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Nvidia has revealed “Project Shield,” an Android-based handheld capable of remotely playing PC games, at CES 2013.
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Hatsune Miku fans are rejoicing at the news that Miku has seized the top spot in the iTunes charts with her latest single.
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Google Chrome has drafted in none other than Hatsune Miku to tout its benefits to computer users in Japan and beyond, with the latest Chrome advertising campaign carrying a video featuring the world’s foremost virtual diva.
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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: Games, News
- Date: Aug 14, 2010 01:40 JST
- Tags: Copyright, Google, K-ON!, Moe, Music, PSP, Sega, TBS, TV, YouTube

K-ON! TV broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System has deleted videos of Sega’s upcoming K-ON! game on the grounds of copyright infringement.
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Google has begun quietly censoring Sankaku Complex from its search suggestions in much the same way as it does anything else which does not fit into its white-picket-fence fantasy Internet.
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Google has picked up a massive stake in social game developer Zynga, said by Epic Games to “PC gaming’s last hope,” and is said to be creating its own Google Games division for a foray into the gaming industry.
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Google’s custom background feature is being put to good use by Azunyan fans it seems – truly, Google has never been so moe.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Apr 20, 2010 18:11 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Copyright, Google, Internet, Law, Loli, Lolicon, Sites, USA

Google has deleted a site hosting lolicon material from its index in response to a complaint that the site was hosting child pornography.
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Once again Google’s search results deliver industry leading quality, with an image search for “Canadian landmark” yielding several variations of this spectacular image of the CN Tower in Toronto.
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China’s unique grasp of intellectual property arises once again with “Goojje.”
Doubtless any resemblances to Google are coincidental or the result of foreign copycats stealing Chinese ideas.
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