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Eyes Wide Open Over Anime Piracy

Earlier this month, Bandai Entertainment announced that it would file lawsuits against five companies it accuses of pirating its videos and other merchandise. The unauthorized products may be worth $300 million a year, estimated Bandai attorney Cynthia Nishimoto.

"We've tried some gentler approaches prior to filing the lawsuits, but the piracy has just been growing exponentially," Nishimoto said. "It's time to take more formal action."

While the art form is decades old, anime and its trademark wide-eyed characters have been on a roll in the United States ever since video games gave anime a major boost in the 1990s.

A major anime convention drew 25,000 people to Anaheim, California, earlier this month, a third as many as were expected to appear at last weekend's International Comic-Con in San Diego, the largest comics convention in the United States.

The schedule of Comic-Con itself was filled with anime panel discussions, giveaways and film showings. Counterfeit anime products are reportedly common sights at comics conventions. Among other things, pirates produce unauthorized copies of anime action figures and poster-like "wall scrolls." They also use logos without permission on T-shirts.

But pirated videos are the biggest problem of all, according to Nishimoto. They're easily and cheaply copied on home duplication systems, and the growth of websites like eBay allows people to order them individually from overseas, she said.

READ MORE HERE:
http://www.activeanime.com/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=339&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

And read this too:
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6742.cfm

STOP DOWNLOADING WHILE YOU CAN. DOWNLOADING ANIME IS THE SAME AS GIVING OUT PIRATED DVDS.
If you want to take this risk.. Good luck. heh..
 

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Yes. I still don't see why we should stop now. Oh noes, they're suing organized pirating companies. I'd better just shut down my internetz right now so they don't spot me.

EDIT: Not to be overly snappish, but it's the double-standard that gets to me.
Downloading animé is illegal, but it's all good and stuff an- OH GOD THERE'RE SUBPOENAS FLYING THROUGH THE AIR STOP NOW BEFORE YOU GET CAUGHT.
 

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I suggest everyone read my edit. What Bandai is doing now changes NOTHING.

Please note that I don't condone piracy. You're all scum for stealing copyrighted works.
 

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hahahahahahahaha thats funny LM........but honestly.....but the way you look at it they wont do anything cause there still gunna make butloads of cash from the series they make in japan! and still i mean if its just like the whole downloading the music thing for free......i mean people will still do it and wont get caught trust me i know lol
 

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sora-the-one said:
hahahahahahahaha thats funny LM........but honestly.....but the way you look at it they wont do anything cause there still gunna make butloads of cash from the series they make in japan! and still i mean if its just like the whole downloading the music thing for free......i mean people will still do it and wont get caught trust me i know lol
Wrote long post

Computer crashed

Frustration



Anyway, this is what I was going to say, in a much shorter version:

I am a pirate.

I mainly download fansubbed animés, i.e. ones not available in the west, i.e. unlicensed ones.
Once an animé I've wached is licensed, I generally try to buy at least one DVD to show my support.
Note that I am not blessed with televised animé.



What the original poster wrote about changes nothing- none of us are part of organized pirate syndicates, which are being targeted. Downloading animé hasn't suddenly become more illegal. It's always been wrong.

In my humble (ok, that is a lie) opinion, buying pirated animé DVDs is worse than downloading it- as you are actually giving your money to people who steal intellectual and physical property and sell inferior copies.

However, this does not justify the digital thieving we all partake in.

The end.
 

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sora-the-one said:
hahahahahahahaha thats funny LM........but honestly.....but the way you look at it they wont do anything cause there still gunna make butloads of cash from the series they make in japan! and still i mean if its just like the whole downloading the music thing for free......i mean people will still do it and wont get caught trust me i know lol

Your wrong because they just started doing it. That was before. What about now. They already caught 3 file sharers. It's the same thing with anime.

Yeah sure they still make alot of money... But what's the effort of doing it when people are starting to steal it.

But if you still want to do it. Do it. Just maybe 10 years from now you'll be caught. I'm pretty sure of that.
 

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Um... but it's ok to download japanese versions of anime and stuff that has not been licensed or aired... wait... do you mean DVDs or the episodes? cus it says u can download the episodes "if you delete them within 24 hours"... anyway. Like someone said earlier, it's not like they are flying through the air...
 

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Explosive Fun Girl said:
Um... but it's ok to download japanese versions of anime and stuff that has not been licensed or aired... wait... do you mean DVDs or the episodes? cus it says u can download the episodes "if you delete them within 24 hours"... anyway. Like someone said earlier, it's not like they are flying through the air...[/QUOTE

EVEN if you delete them within 24 hrs. Cuz that's helping others commit the crime.
 

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finally a debate lol

if the anime isnt lisenced in america its okay cause theres no translation at all ONLY if the anime is licensed its illegal there thats preety much the point.......so tecnicly things like FMA....and inuyasha are illegal.....things like Chobits (i think) are legal!
 

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FFX_Yunie_x_Tidus said:
Explosive Fun Girl said:
Um... but it's ok to download japanese versions of anime and stuff that has not been licensed or aired... wait... do you mean DVDs or the episodes? cus it says u can download the episodes "if you delete them within 24 hours"... anyway. Like someone said earlier, it's not like they are flying through the air...[/QUOTE

EVEN if you delete them within 24 hrs. Cuz that's helping others commit the crime.

In what way, exactly? Of course, you express an interest in animé, but filesharers don't make any money. So how, exactly?
 

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They won't get any money but pile loads of hate mail telling them how stupid they are for banning Anime download files off the internet.Heck they should realize right now that lots of people do bad things on the internet.
 

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LordMune said:
FFX_Yunie_x_Tidus said:
In what way, exactly? Of course, you express an interest in animé, but filesharers don't make any money. So how, exactly?

Wow.. I thought nobody would say that! XD

Even if they don't make money they are STILL giving it away to other people. Maybe those people make money from that...

DivineRoseKeeper said:
does this also count with the japanese songs, even if the person who owns them uploaded them to there site

Not sure about that.. All I know is that bit torrent is piracy.

I'll try checking it out...
 

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General rule-of-thumb: EVERYTHING on the internet is illegal to download, unless explicitly stated otherwise. My guess is we've all got a virtual criminal record bad enough to earn us at least a couple of years in prison, or hefty fines.

This includes japanese songs.

I don't believe you people. DOWNLOADING ANIMÉ WAS BANNED IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME ITSELF.
 
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