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NEWS: Man Arrested for Operating Site With Uploaded Dōjinshi in Japan


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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:13 am Reply with quote
Another one bites the computer dust.
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CrowLia



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:23 am Reply with quote
One would think doujinshi would have a sort of fair use thing, given how in itself a dj is in a grey zone of the copyright law. Seriously Japan, for how long have you been protecting your super strict copyright laws and how has that changed the illegal distribution of your media online? Rolling Eyes
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Aethix



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:26 am Reply with quote
CrowLia wrote:
One would think doujinshi would have a sort of fair use thing, given how in itself a dj is in a grey zone of the copyright law. Seriously Japan, for how long have you been protecting your super strict copyright laws and how has that changed the illegal distribution of your media online? Rolling Eyes


Not all DJ are derivative works, you know.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:49 am Reply with quote
Is uploading manga on the Internet the only way to attract attention to overseas otakus outside of Japan?
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FenixFiesta



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 12:54 am Reply with quote
revolutionotaku wrote:
Is uploading manga on the Internet the only way to attract attention to overseas otakus outside of Japan?

It is more of a byproduct than the actual intension, obviously making a quick buck off of digital adds is the real goal.
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yuna49



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 1:45 am Reply with quote
The article fails to specify where the website was located. If if was hosted on a server in Japan, that's just dumb.
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MrTerrorist



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:01 am Reply with quote
revolutionotaku wrote:
Another one bites the computer dust.


And another one gone,
and another one gone.
Another one bites the computer dust.
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mangamuscle



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:42 am Reply with quote
Aethix wrote:
CrowLia wrote:
One would think doujinshi would have a sort of fair use thing, given how in itself a dj is in a grey zone of the copyright law. Seriously Japan, for how long have you been protecting your super strict copyright laws and how has that changed the illegal distribution of your media online? Rolling Eyes


Not all DJ are derivative works, you know.


Most of them are (at least the popular ones) and lets be honest, police in Japan does this kind of arrest in behalf of big companies petitions, not because john doe did a thousand print run of his 100% non derivative manga for comiket and later on found a copy in said site.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:44 am Reply with quote
revolutionotaku wrote:
Another one bites the computer dust.


Yep, next week we'll probably see another story like this.
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BelieberHokageSasuke



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:33 am Reply with quote
he deserved it. child porn anime is illegal and should be made illegal by the government. fukushima is just one example..
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Catseyetiger



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:39 am Reply with quote
I thought it was new stories created with exist characters?

is this correct?
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yuna49



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:39 am Reply with quote
Unless you have some other source to which you can link, there is absolutely nothing in the article about child pornography. Perhaps you need to read a definition of doujinshi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dōjinshi
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:42 am Reply with quote
Catseyetiger wrote:
I thought it was new stories created with exist characters?

is this correct?


Depends on if it's derivative or not. They're all self-published books in either case, but doujinshi that are parodies don't change the names or make themselves into "non-copyright-infringing" entities. Non-originals are full on copyright-infringing.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:00 am Reply with quote
Doujinshi is the manga version of pornographic movie parodies.
It's just fan service. Nothing more, nothing less.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:00 am Reply with quote
yuna49 wrote:
Unless you have some other source to which you can link, there is absolutely nothing in the article about child pornography. Perhaps you need to read a definition of doujinshi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dōjinshi


Agreed, there is nothing here to indicate this is about child pornography or about the depiction of child pornography, so let's keep this discussion on topic unless you can actually cite a source or some sort of evidence that it is part of this.
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