It looks like Japanese government finally started to stop all of the manga scanlation in online now.
Anime Production Companies, Manga Publishers Crack Down on Piracy
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focusing predominately on China.
So no more Chinese scans? (not gonna use the "r" word, even as a joke :ninja: )
and I don't expect this to be very effective. I have no idea how tech savvy the Japanese Gov is but my guess its it wont be enough to do much to piracy. But I'm all for it if mangapanda is on that list.
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Not like that will have any results other than a few sites moving domains or the removal of certain works by others. It's the same old.
Also, the thought of pretending Chinese sites cease their action is hilarious.
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Yeah this also happened like 3 years ago (and before that too with onemanga) and it just forces people to change domains. Unless this is somehow different than the other crackdowns then I wouldn't worry about it.
I you strike down one scan hosting site, 2 more will pop up to take it's place.
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So no more Chinese scans? (not gonna use the "r" word, even as a joke :ninja: )
I'm all okay on that one since I don't read Chinese scans (heck, I can't even read Chinese). But, the list doesn't really like just for Chinese scans.
and I don't expect this to be very effective. I have no idea how tech savvy the Japanese Gov is but my guess its it wont be enough to do much to piracy. But I'm all for it if mangapanda is on that list.
If it is just targeting on blocking those website within Japan, then I'll all for it. If the government planning for closing them permanently, that means they declare war against all of manga/anime fans from world.
Also, here is the list of sites which being targeted from government: scanlation sites (slide 11 - 12); fansub uploading sites (slide 13 - 15); direct download website (slide 16); torrent sites (slide 17); and redistribution websites (slide 19 - 20).
http://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/contents/downloadfiles/140414.pdf
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I think it's none of those. The article seems to imply they will be sending requests to those websites asking them to remove the listed works. Which is, if we recall other past attempts, a futile endeavor.
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This is the third thread on the subject, enough already.
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I think it's none of those. The article seems to imply they will be sending requests to those websites asking them to remove the listed works. Which is, if we recall other past attempts, a futile endeavor.
Isn't that kind of same thing as fighting against piracy?
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This is the third thread on the subject, enough already.
Oh, is it? I didn't see that subject in this place.
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@Kaizou:
Isn't that kind of same thing as fighting against piracy?
Yes, but since they can't do anything against those websites hosted outside Japan, I guess they may block them in the country. But they are already doing it wrong, and hoping Chinese sites will compply to their requests is naive.
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Yes, but since they can't do anything against those websites hosted outside Japan, I guess they may block them in the country.
If that's a case, then I'm relieved. If they are just focusing blocking them within Japan, then I'll all for it as long as it doesn't stop uploading raws outside of Japan.
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@Kaizou:
If that's a case, then I'm relieved. If they are just focusing blocking them within Japan, then I'll all for it as long as it doesn't stop uploading raws outside of Japan.
Attempting to shut them down permanently when only 500 manga and 80 anime are listed there when there are tons, and the fact this is actually a campaign that will span 5 months, in other words, it's not a permament action, is not only futile but also as you just said a declaration of war against all the manga/anime fans around the world that would only further damage their income, while we still read it online for free, as we only need one of those sites to read manga or watch anime, and that's it.
If they were serious with that they wouldn't be listing the domains in first place, because now most of these domains will change, outsmarting any move made by the publishers.
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Not like that will have any results other than a few sites moving domains or the removal of certain works by others. It's the same old.
Also, the thought of pretending Chinese sites cease their action is hilarious.
China is definitely amongst the last countries that care about legal stuff: piracy and copyright comes to mind.
and every time I've seen a government/media companies attempt to control/regulate the internet in some form or other it usually ends badly for them. They demonstrate a severe lack of understanding of the medium. So yeah I agree.
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Wait, what, Megaupload and Hotfile are on that list?