| $21 million? That's a bloody lie. Everybody who watched his videos cost the industry $2-3? Please. Show me actual sales numbers for the magazines and the manga volumes involved that show these kinds of damages and I might believe this. Weekly Shounen Jump costs around $2-3 and it has at least 3 chapters of some of the titles mentioned in each magazine so even if you assume everybody who watched the videos would buy the Weekly Shounen Jump these damages are at least 3 times too high. The reality is probably 10x too high, minimum. The more serious part of these news is how he actually got these chapters before they were supposed to be out and for that, he'll burn. |
Kracksickles said: Hi, i like to apply for this job. Uh.. Sorry we can't hire you. May i ask why? It says here in the crime records that you've been arrested and apparently arrested for uploading manga. FFFFUUUUUU-- lol. Yeah, this is a horrible. I don't know whether to be sad or happy. |
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d4n13lr0x said: Honestly, I feel bad for this dude. I mean come on, he's 14. And besides, the funny thing about these people calling him an idiot and laughing at him, is that you're even worse: You're on your computer watching/reading anime/manga for FREE. Yet, when you hear some other person got caught for doing something that supplies you ungrateful wisecracks you just laugh and point as if it's something that only idiots would do. THAT is what is pathetic. Yeah, go ahead point and laugh till your sources of anime and manga finally shrivel up and die off, till there's nothing else to do but buy it yourself. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending this kid. He's done something wrong and is in trouble for doing it for whatever reasons. But the response I've read to it is just pitiful and disgusting. Well said man. I definitely agree. |
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| Why couldn't they just take down his blog/youtube channel? |
dtshyk said: Kyoto Police estimated the amount of damage to be two billion yen ($21 million). O.o |
| holy shit $21 million. good luck kid |
TropicalPants said: doeman said: serves him right. all these damn pirates who upload and download anime should be sent to jail! So are you volunteering to buy all the Anime/Manga I can't afford? Good to know, I'll hit you up when I need something bought! On a more cereal note. Stfu u silly goose. :3 LOL, COUNT ME IN! |
| OMG $21 million...not a good joke. |
| holy shit $21 million :0 this is no joke ...... best of luck kid |
| I'd shit myself if they did that to me xD. |
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| think he would have had a better chance if he hadn't been uploading ahead of the official release. if he'd waited he probably would have been lost in the storm of other uploaders. not to mention that the estimated damages would have been much lower. I expect an adult will eventually be arrested for this too, its unlikely that the kid was able to get the chapters that early on a regular basis without an adults help, unless he somehow hacked the publisher's computers or something. |
Judging from what he has, the kid is rich, sort of |
| wow poor kid .. but daym... he broke a copy right law... they took everything.. i wonder how much pirated music/ games/anime he has in THAT stuff 0.0 good bye $21 million hello screwed life >.< |
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| Japan's crime rate is very low, and I've often heard stories about how Japanese police are so bored at their jobs for having no cases to solve. Nonetheless, arresting a 14 year old boy for uploading scanlations... at first, I kind of felt bad for him because it seemed harsh, but at a second glance... 1. He got them before the release date. 2. More importantly, he is completely silent on his sources. I smell something bigger is here at stake. I've lost some sympathy for him because of those two points. |
 Thanks, person who gave me this on another site a long time ago, lol. |
| poor kid, but he was doing a bad thing, so in a way surves him right! ( i think i spelled "surves" wrong) |
icegenie said: mung said: LOL I have a huge doubt about this story I find it hard to believe that a 14 yr old kid could get his hands on those manga without the publishers knowing :)) (I thinks it's a conspiracy) hahahaha welcome to the NHK! |
Phantoka said: I don't know whether i should laugh or do a facepalm.... Anyways, poor kid. I wonder how he got the scans be4 the release tho. mung said: Wow.. it shows how desperate these companies are XD I hope that these companies go Bankrupt for what they're doing hehe we must not let them control the market!!! >:) manga is for everyone to enjoy!!! hehe ^ This (is the truth) if this was the truth then no one would make money... and money is what makes the world go round. also if these companies went bankrupt who is gonna supply the manga? no one in their right mind would do this shit for free, would you? |
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gr33nm4n said: This : p |
Apparantly Kimi to Boku will always be my last-anime-watched, until you check my profile :3~     |
| If im one of the manga artist of the title up there i won't even charge them for scanning images online,it will ruin the life of a young child. |
bottle said: Judging from what he has, the kid is rich, sort of -lets off a whistle- so many psp for f? o.0 |
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| Poor kid. |
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| lol what? $21 million? That's fuckin non-sense. There is some damn overstating going on. Gees. It seems like police will not let go this case easily. Bad luck for this magical kid who managed to get magazine even before the publish. Genius. |
BlackTruth said: Phantoka said: I don't know whether i should laugh or do a facepalm.... Anyways, poor kid. I wonder how he got the scans be4 the release tho. mung said: Wow.. it shows how desperate these companies are XD I hope that these companies go Bankrupt for what they're doing hehe we must not let them control the market!!! >:) manga is for everyone to enjoy!!! hehe ^ This (is the truth) if this was the truth then no one would make money... and money is what makes the world go round. also if these companies went bankrupt who is gonna supply the manga? no one in their right mind would do this shit for free, would you? Loosing Scanlations Sources for people like me is the same as being deprived of manga completely (Note that we don't really get the "good" manga in our country) So might as well they go bankrupt >:) XD |
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doeman said: You watch anime right? Then your no different!serves him right. all these damn pirates who upload and download anime should be sent to jail! But yes he got what he needed for uploading manga that has yet to be released. |
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mung said: Wow.. it shows how desperate these companies are XD I hope that these companies go Bankrupt for what they're doing hehe we must not let them control the market!!! >:) manga is for everyone to enjoy!!! hehe That's just stupid, so they're just supposed to dedicate resources and man-power pleasing everyone because of their good-will? That isn't how the world works, if they don't make money they might as well not do it in the first place. What a naive perspective. OT: They should punish the kid, but not ruin his life by huge fines and possible jail time, give him a shit-load of community service or something like that. Although they will probably make an example out of him. |
Shilka said: mung said: Wow.. it shows how desperate these companies are XD I hope that these companies go Bankrupt for what they're doing hehe we must not let them control the market!!! >:) manga is for everyone to enjoy!!! hehe That's just stupid, so they're just supposed to dedicate resources and man-power pleasing everyone because of their good-will? That isn't how the world works, if they don't make money they might as well not do it in the first place. What a naive perspective. OT: They should punish the kid, but not ruin his life by huge fines and possible jail time, give him a shit-load of community service or something like that. Although they will probably make an example out of him. Scanlations are free and meant to be free for fans to enjoy... I am one of those people who PREFERS the real manga over scanned once, but as unfortunate as we are, we CANNOT get our hands on those mangas so we rely on the scans... If they are more available for us hell why not? I would really buy them. So don't shun us just because that's the way we are. and what I meant by "I hope these companies go Bankrupt for what they're doing" I was referring to those companies who monopolizes there product and only has $$$ in their head. |
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| ...People upload manga onto youtube? I wonder how he managed to get the material early. What suprises me most thought is the sheer amount of people who upload such licensed material all the time and get off scot-free, yet this guy gets in such big trouble. Seriously, you can find the episodes of pretty much any popular anime on youtube, and I doubt anything happens to the people who upload those videos... doeman said: Something gives me the feeling you still use animefreak though... >.>serves him right. all these damn pirates who upload and download anime should be sent to jail! |
| While I agree the kid was in the wrong, I think the real problem is whoever provided the scans. I hope they find out who did it. It's kind of odd how he hasn't come out with it yet. His arrest was probably just an excuse to find his source. |
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| ...Does nobody in this thread understand how industries work? seriously.... -- EDIT: Okay, finally got to the last page of the thread where some people were talking sense. I was REALLY getting worried about you, MAL. |
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| *drops soap* *suprisebuttsecksincoming* |
| LUL |
| I'm sorry I honestly don't feel sorry. If you're going to do that sort of thing WHY PICK ONE OF THE BIGGEST SITES IN THE WORLD!? Not be mean or anything just saying. I hope he doesn't get into to much crap. Seems wrong to do so over something so stupid. |
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| poor kid , what a pity. that bullshit with uploading manga ruined his whole life. |
| poor kid.. |
| poor kid thats gonna cost him alot just for releasing some scans illegally its not like he hurt anyone with it and how did he get a hold of them in the first place |
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mung said: Scanlations are free and meant to be free for fans to enjoy... I am one of those people who PREFERS the real manga over scanned once, but as unfortunate as we are, we CANNOT get our hands on those mangas so we rely on the scans... If they are more available for us hell why not? I would really buy them. So don't shun us just because that's the way we are. and what I meant by "I hope these companies go Bankrupt for what they're doing" I was referring to those companies who monopolizes there product and only has $$$ in their head. It just sounded to me like you wanted every company that didn't want to hand out free manga to go bankrupt, anyway, I'd rather have the real retail manga as well, but since they won't get translated and sold locally (and importing some of them are just overly expensive) I will depend on most of the manga I read as scanlations as well. |
| Anyone With a brain uploads scans AFTER they have already been officially released.. Serves him right for not having the sense to wait >.> |
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Raypture said: The pathetic thing is they'll probably ruin his life forever with insane fines and possibly jail time. |
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