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NEWS: Anime File-Sharing Charges Filed Against 5 Men




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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:24 pm Reply with quote
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Of the five suspects, a 34-year-old part-time worker who resides in Yokohama is also accused of uploading obscene videos.

By Japan's definition of "obscene", does this means he uploaded uncensored porn?
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 11:25 pm Reply with quote
Rolling Eyes Oh boy, Here we go again Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:32 am Reply with quote
WOW!! BRAVO, I am sure Japanese society will sleep even better at night knowing that their hard earned taxes are being well spent (Thou the only direct beneficiaries are rich private companies) with these "SUPER DANGEROUS" individuals PROMPTLY caught by the competent Japanese police! BRAVO!!

Meanwhile:

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-24/new-kuroko-basketball-threat/chemicals-in-snacks
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:11 am Reply with quote
I didn't know that the "Kanagawa prefectural police's cyber crime division" was supposed to deal with domestic terrorism, and in other prefectures no less. Let me guess, every officer in the country is supposed to take on every role and those officers devoted to cyber crime must hunt down the Kuroko terrorist? Why do you guys bring that up in every single thread? Maybe it's not quite like the division of the FBI to something like ICE or the ATF, but this is a completely unrelated event. It's like asking a canine drug unit to get to work on homicides cases. Japan's not just Tokyo, and even then, it's a metropolitan area of 35 million, not everyone's going to devoted to some threats that haven't produced any causalities.

It's like that whining bullshit people give when they're pulled over "Why don't you go after the REAAAAALLLLL CRRIIMUNAHLS". Well, you probably were pulled over to fill a quota, but chances are good you still did something wrong.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:18 am Reply with quote
dan9999 wrote:
WOW!! BRAVO, I am sure Japanese society will sleep even better at night knowing that their hard earned taxes are being well spent (Thou the only direct beneficiaries are rich private companies) with these "SUPER DANGEROUS" individuals PROMPTLY caught by the competent Japanese police! BRAVO!!

Meanwhile:

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-24/new-kuroko-basketball-threat/chemicals-in-snacks


This is the first I've heard of animation studios being referred to as "rich" private companies. Laughing

And for shame on the Japanese police, enforcing laws that aren't of the same serious scale as the Kuroko threats! It's clear that we can evaluate the police force's competency by their effectiveness in selectively applying the law in ways that reflect our personal biases! Rolling Eyes
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:57 am Reply with quote
I have a feeling that the music/entertainment industry will drop another 7% in the next year due to these companies, the police & the government scaring the living daylights out of the public.
animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-09-30/1-year-after-japan-stricter-download-law-music-sales-stagnate
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:39 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I didn't know that the "Kanagawa prefectural police's cyber crime division" was supposed to deal with domestic terrorism, and in other prefectures no less. Let me guess, every officer in the country is supposed to take on every role and those officers devoted to cyber crime must hunt down the Kuroko terrorist? Why do you guys bring that up in every single thread? Maybe it's not quite like the division of the FBI to something like ICE or the ATF, but this is a completely unrelated event. It's like asking a canine drug unit to get to work on homicides cases. Japan's not just Tokyo, and even then, it's a metropolitan area of 35 million, not everyone's going to devoted to some threats that haven't produced any causalities.

It's like that whining bullshit people give when they're pulled over "Why don't you go after the REAAAAALLLLL CRRIIMUNAHLS". Well, you probably were pulled over to fill a quota, but chances are good you still did something wrong.


If you didn't know this, the law enforcement in every prefectural in Japan is all handled by the NPA. So yes, Japan's FBI, ATF, etc... are all under one division. So it looks like NPA is prioritizing one small crime over a big crime.

dan9999 wrote:
WOW!! BRAVO, I am sure Japanese society will sleep even better at night knowing that their hard earned taxes are being well spent (Thou the only direct beneficiaries are rich private companies) with these "SUPER DANGEROUS" individuals PROMPTLY caught by the competent Japanese police! BRAVO!!

Meanwhile:

animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-24/new-kuroko-basketball-threat/chemicals-in-snacks


Kikaioh wrote:

This is the first I've heard of animation studios being referred to as "rich" private companies. Laughing

And for shame on the Japanese police, enforcing laws that aren't of the same serious scale as the Kuroko threats! It's clear that we can evaluate the police force's competency by their effectiveness in selectively applying the law in ways that reflect our personal biases! Rolling Eyes


It gets more ridiculous, I read it from Japanator that Japan has a law against dancing at nightclub Shocked , there was a police raid on a nightclub and people got arrested because of dancing. No this isn't a joke or a rumour. The Japanese passed a law prohibiting dancing at a nightclub.

Police raid on Vanity club in Roppongi highlights ridiculous Japanese laws that make dance clubs illegal

Japan: no dancing please

1948 law on entertainment biz too strict on dance clubs: Japanese lawmakers

Antidancing law out of step with Japan’s youth culture

Grassroots group forms to fight antidancing law

Dancing Ban in Japanese Nightclubs, Netizen Reactions

I find the anti-dancing law at nightclub that Japan pass long time ago as ridiculous as passing a law restricting music download like revolutionotaku posted. Japan has some ridiculous draconian law which borderline to dictatorship and that anti-dancing law is a violation of freedom of speech/expression. So yeah my view on Japan's law is ridculous and they make small crime a big deal, but the bigger crime (like threat, traffic safety) not a priority.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:53 pm Reply with quote
I cleaned up and am re-opening this thread at the request of another user who has questions related to the topic. Please don't derail it.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 6:55 pm Reply with quote
Tony K. wrote:
I cleaned up and am re-opening this thread at the request of another user who has questions related to the topic. Please don't derail it.


Thanks, Tony K. Sorry for a incident like that. That wasn't my fault just to let you know.
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:03 pm Reply with quote
If confrontations ever pop up, just report it. The sooner I can stop it, the less I'll have to clean, and you guys won't have to face my wrath Razz.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 3:58 am Reply with quote
The bit I don't get about all these types of articles is that invariably those arrested are generally uploading older titles. Rather than for example current or previous season content. It is usually stuff several seasons or more old.
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