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NEWS: Prosecutor Requests 1-Year Term on Manga File-Sharing




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dormcat
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:01 am Reply with quote
Sports Hochi wrote:
起訴状によると、玉城被告は今年１―４月、自宅のパソコンでウィニーを使い、「週刊少年サンデー」に掲載された漫画「あいこら」などを、３回にわたってインターネット上で無断配信した。

Ai Kora? Not something I'd expect to be targeted (by both scanlators and license holders).
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Samurai-with-glasses



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:33 am Reply with quote
Since the old thread is, well, old, I'll just ask it here:

Why was the Winny developer arrested (it's a side note)? Didn't he only wrote the program? That'd be like arresting the bittorrent developer because the program is being used illegally. Confused

1-Year prison term for a low-level copyrights crime? A little harsh in my opinion, but I guess they want to make an example just to prevent the repeat.
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testorschoice



Joined: 28 Apr 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:38 am Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:
Sports Hochi wrote:
起訴状によると、玉城被告は今年１―４月、自宅のパソコンでウィニーを使い、「週刊少年サンデー」に掲載された漫画「あいこら」などを、３回にわたってインターネット上で無断配信した。

Ai Kora? Not something I'd expect to be targeted (by both scanlators and license holders).


Yeah, that caused people to scratch their heads. The original list had a few other titles that were surprising.
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Sakurachan1



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:21 am Reply with quote
Are you kidding me?
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enurtsol



Joined: 01 May 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:13 pm Reply with quote
Samurai-with-glasses wrote:
Since the old thread is, well, old, I'll just ask it here:

Why was the Winny developer arrested (it's a side note)? Didn't he only wrote the program? That'd be like arresting the bittorrent developer because the program is being used illegally. Confused

IIRC, because the Winny creator actually admitted stupidly that violating copyrights is one of his intentions for the program. He openly does not believe in copyrights and wants to share everything to the world (the moral debate of it we'll leave for another day).

OTOH, the BT creator openly does not condone illegal uses of his creation and wisely doesn't give the feds/MPAA/RIAA/etc any excuse that could charge him (like, say, him ever using BT to illegally download copyrighted works) and thus go after his creation.
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