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Jan 14, 2011 6:04 AM
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According to The Association of Copyright for Computer Software, 23 Prefectural Police Departments have conducted a wholesale arrest of internet users who uploaded illegal materials via P2P software Share. They have searched 50 places from January 11th - 14th and arrested 18 people. This was the second nationwide roundup of illegal uploaders. 11 people were arrested last November and all of them have already been sentenced guilty.

List of the arrests related to anime and manga:


Source: ACCS Japan
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Jan 14, 2011 6:12 AM
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Of course, men are the only ones stupid enough to get caught.
Jan 14, 2011 6:13 AM
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what the??
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."


Jan 14, 2011 6:22 AM
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Star Driver is on the list twice.
This is so not fabulous.
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Jan 14, 2011 6:30 AM
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no Perfect Dark huh.
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Jan 14, 2011 6:31 AM
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i am just thinking, are they trying to send a message that we can catch you whenever we want, or with all the resources they have, the could only manage 18 people.
Jan 14, 2011 6:32 AM
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Well this is kinda Creepy , most of them are 30 ,

And i think its Fail cos 18 is very LOW from all of those uploaders
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Jan 14, 2011 6:48 AM
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. 48 year-old man sharing kuroshitsuji II? that is quite alarming.
Jan 14, 2011 6:58 AM
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LOL at the "Jobless" guy
Jan 14, 2011 7:12 AM

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Love the 48-year-old that shares kuroshitsuji xD

Love how no women got caught in this "clean-up"
Jan 14, 2011 7:12 AM

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Office workers sure have a lot of free-time, don't they?
Jan 14, 2011 7:18 AM
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do they usually arrest downloaders too?
Jan 14, 2011 7:19 AM
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Jan 14, 2011 7:22 AM

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That's one busy taxi driver.
Jan 14, 2011 7:38 AM

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wow the youngest is 25.
this is interesting


Jan 14, 2011 7:40 AM

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entropy13 said:
LOL at the "Jobless" guy


Note that there are 2 of them... How do they even pay their living expenses?! D:

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Jan 14, 2011 7:46 AM

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wth why r they so stupid
Jan 14, 2011 7:49 AM

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Poor dudes. I like how 2 of them are probably NEETs, and 1 is a 48 year old sharing Negima
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Jan 14, 2011 7:54 AM

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even chef upload anime. no wonder i feel like watching anime after eating ^^
Jan 14, 2011 8:03 AM

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I feel sorry for them. :(
Jan 14, 2011 8:04 AM

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Only office workers upload manga? That's sad.
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Jan 14, 2011 8:19 AM
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sorry i have no clue of what's going on even though i read thhough everything here, can somebody explain it to me please?



Jan 14, 2011 8:27 AM
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kandiiyuutaamu said:


Just read first page.

And WoW I was expecting for a younger people than they're...48 yrs old?Wtf?
Jan 14, 2011 8:58 AM

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lol... they didnt even upload anything decent... well maybe now they can decide to do something worthwhile with their lives...



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Jan 14, 2011 10:03 AM

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Two "Jobless" males ??
And both are 33 ??

omigod,, XD
Jan 14, 2011 12:15 PM

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Wow .. mainly office workers ... maybe they all worked together? =P
Jan 14, 2011 12:29 PM

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I salute those brave soldiers (except the one sharing Bleach, we don't need any more of that stuff over here) that make my hobby a reality. May your ass rest safely in prison.
It's not like anyone in here doesn't watch anime in a way that is inconvenient for those companies producing it.
If I were in that kind of situation, being arrested, I would take every single on of you with me. E V E R Y S I N G L E O N E O F YOU.

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Of course, men are the only ones stupid enough to get caught.

It's not like they didn't ''persuade'' the officer in some way to let them go if that were to happen.
Jan 14, 2011 12:47 PM

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WTF,,, with all the power and they only,, 18 people,, Whoa ,, thats epic xD i wonder if the president of USA will give them a medal of honor for it xD
i am going to be the i the one with the biggest manga pocket collgection

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Jan 14, 2011 1:25 PM

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holypoop said:
Of course, men are the only ones stupid enough to get caught.


I wish I could 'like' this comment. lol

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DistantAvalon said:
do they usually arrest downloaders too?
They do but I would think they would have more downloaders than uploaders. It just takes one person to upload a thing for everyone to download.
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Jan 14, 2011 1:48 PM

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those are some cool dudes, sad to know they'll be guilty. we could of been great friends.
Jan 14, 2011 2:01 PM

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Oh god, have mercy on the 1st Office Worker who was sharing Index :C He was doing such a good thing!

Jan 14, 2011 2:36 PM
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LOLZ, they were all men mainly in their 30s and Office Workers. Don't they have anything better to do? I mean, c'mon guys, be a little smarter than that.
Jan 14, 2011 2:39 PM

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haha all of them are guys and most are in they'r 30s =D
Jan 14, 2011 2:41 PM

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Silly police. For every one uploader you take down 500 take his place.

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dtshyk said:
List of the arrests related to anime and manga:


Source: ACCS Japan


Things to think about

1. 16 of them have jobs. So they're not NEETs or otaku out to ruin the world. Rather they're considered "productive members of society" and about half of them are salarymen.

2. All are male and use the software Share. So if you're using it to upload stuff get the hell off.

3. Of the 18, only 4 of them uploaded manga. Does this mean that there are few uploaders of manga, or are the powers-that-be lenient towards manga uploaders?

4. The age range really doesn't fit the otaku stereotype

Just some observations that aim to shatter the stereotypical "crazed otaku out to destroy the world"
Jan 14, 2011 3:34 PM

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Namelessshana said:
DistantAvalon said:
do they usually arrest downloaders too?
They do but I would think they would have more downloaders than uploaders. It just takes one person to upload a thing for everyone to download.


To be honest I don't think they're very interested in downloaders. After all, it can become very complicated e.g. hosting sites, scan groups, overseas downloaders etc. Then are you going to arrest the guys who watch off youtube or read off a hosting site? I assure you Japan's prisons aren't big enough for all of them.

Plus if I remember correctly a mangaka has set up a site to legally host manga for download. This complicates issues a lot more, doesn't it?
Jan 14, 2011 3:46 PM

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oh man, i wish i could meet the taxi driver....i think i watched just about every show on his list...
Jan 14, 2011 3:59 PM

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You sure theyre not arrested for another reason...? (Like kidnapping lolis...stuff like that...)

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Jan 14, 2011 4:13 PM

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holypoop said:
Of course, men are the only ones stupid enough to get caught.
women aren't smart enough to figure out how to upload it in the first place
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Ugh, those idiots. I told them not to get caught.
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iday12 said:
holypoop said:
Of course, men are the only ones stupid enough to get caught.
women aren't smart enough to figure out how to upload it in the first place


qft
Jan 14, 2011 6:50 PM

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lol at least J22 and OJAMAJO don't seem to have been caught yet! which is pretty surprising, considering how they upload almost ALL the airing shows...

though that's good for me on my side :P

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Jan 14, 2011 7:51 PM

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Ladies know how to be ninja!
Jan 14, 2011 9:50 PM

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lol at taxi driver... i bet he's got a lappie always with him... haha...
Jan 14, 2011 11:09 PM

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Ladies can *cough* then the officers will *cough* *cough* let them go?
Jan 15, 2011 2:06 AM

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They're so stupid to upload stuff on share while other p2p programmes like utorrent are virtually safe in japan (yet).
Jan 15, 2011 2:07 AM
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LOL @ the guy who is 48 and sharing Negima, seems like he likes seeing young girls stripped :D :D :D
Jan 15, 2011 3:34 AM

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Why exactly did they publish some of the info on them? To make the others think "This could happen to me too, I'm just like those guys"?
Jan 15, 2011 5:18 AM

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Japan has laws against illegal uploads, but none against downloading those illegal uploads, unless they changed it (I remember hearing something about that... can't remember though).

Most uploaders use Perfect Dark now anyway, share is kinda outdated...
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