| 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 |
myanimelistllcSep 7, 2016 9:11 PM
| 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."  |
| Star Driver is on the list twice. This is so not fabulous. |
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| no Perfect Dark huh. |
| Sorry for grammar mistakes(if any), english is not my native language. Feel free to correct me if you see some. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
Eternal_ShieldJan 14, 2011 7:02 AM
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| LOL at the "Jobless" guy |
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| Love the 48-year-old that shares kuroshitsuji xD Love how no women got caught in this "clean-up" |
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| Office workers sure have a lot of free-time, don't they? |
| That's one busy taxi driver. |
| wow the youngest is 25. this is interesting |
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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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| wth why r they so stupid |
| Poor dudes. I like how 2 of them are probably NEETs, and 1 is a 48 year old sharing Negima |
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| even chef upload anime. no wonder i feel like watching anime after eating ^^ |
| I feel sorry for them. :( |
| Only office workers upload manga? That's sad. |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| sorry i have no clue of what's going on even though i read thhough everything here, can somebody explain it to me please? |
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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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| Two "Jobless" males ?? And both are 33 ?? omigod,, XD |
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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. holypoop said: 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. |
| 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 |
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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: 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.do they usually arrest downloaders too? |
| Takahiro Sakurai = <3 |
| those are some cool dudes, sad to know they'll be guilty. we could of been great friends. |
| Oh god, have mercy on the 1st Office Worker who was sharing Index :C He was doing such a good thing! |
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| haha all of them are guys and most are in they'r 30s =D |
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| Silly police. For every one uploader you take down 500 take his place. |
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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" |
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Namelessshana said: DistantAvalon said: 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.do they usually arrest downloaders too? 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? |
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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... |
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| You sure theyre not arrested for another reason...? (Like kidnapping lolis...stuff like that...) |
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holypoop said: women aren't smart enough to figure out how to upload it in the first placeOf course, men are the only ones stupid enough to get caught. |
en_____Jan 14, 2011 4:18 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 |
| Ladies know how to be ninja! |
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| lol at taxi driver... i bet he's got a lappie always with him... haha... |
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| Ladies can *cough* then the officers will *cough* *cough* let them go? |
| They're so stupid to upload stuff on share while other p2p programmes like utorrent are virtually safe in japan (yet). |
| 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"? |
| 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... |