Fansubs Are The Source Of All Evil, Japan Asks America to Stop Illegal Net Releases of Anime Options

[Ginta]

-from ANN, posted on 2007-10-23 15:28 EDT-

Video-sharing sites, peer-to-peer file networks spotlighted

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The Japanese government issued a formal statement of requests to the government of the United States on regulatory reform and market competition policy on October 18, and included a request for the United States to help stop the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of Japanese animation online. Specifically, the formal statement mentions the spread of Japanese animation and other materials on video-sharing sites and peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.

According to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the distribution of copyrighted materials in the United States has increasingly damaged the creative industries of Japan. Despite frequent requests to remove unauthorized material from sites with user-submitted videos, the ministry says the fundamental problem remains unresolved for the foreseeable future. The ministry also says that the high legal costs and complex procedures of copyright infringement cases against peer-to-peer file-sharing are issues.

Japanese copyright holders have been sending increasing numbers of requests to remove unauthorized material from video-sharing sites such as Google's YouTube, and anime is its own category in several sites — inside and outside the United States — that link to file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent. The issues in the statement of requests were discussed in the fourth Japan-U.S. Trade Forum meeting which was held on October 18 in Tokyo.

Source: animeanime.jp

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[Taka]

Interesanti... kas tie par DVD kurus nevar skatīties uz datora, man tādi nav trāpījušies...
Tigra2 - skatoties uz LV anime sabiedrību: cik daudzi no šejieniešiem vispār pasūta kaut ko no Japānas? Jautāju intereses pēc. Man šķiet, ka šis % būs nožēlojami niecīgs uz visa nokačātāju fona. Un pirkt stufu no Japānas ir ļooti dārgs prieks.
Japīši aizsargā savas intereses. Un viss. ASV jau ir kļuvusi par lielāko animes eksporta tirgu, tāpēc arī uzbraukts tiek tieši ASV. Mēs joprojām varam viņus sūtīt oi ku tālu un turpināt lejupielādēt khm... "backupus" no neta, jo pie mums anime oficāli izplatīta (gandrīz) netiek. Nu ir daži no Krievijas ienākušie produkti un vēl pāris mangas laikam.
Un es nešaubos ka paši japāņi arī velk uz nebēdu