Do I hear JASRAÇ jackboots at the door?

[Samurai_Jerk]

People commenting on having sex with prostitutes as though it's a form of pleasure have obviously not got a great deal of experience at using prostitutes...they're fucking awful (after a while)....literally, as the case is.

You might enjoy it once or twice. I love throwing money away, but I just got sick of using whores because they were clearly doing it only for the money and that became meaningless for me (took a few dozen visits, but, trust me, it happens to many...)

I don't pay them for sex. I pay them to leave.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I don't wanna sound like a braggart or something like that, but I know what Charlie Sheen is talking about when he says he paid the prostitutes to leave.

When I was really rolling in it, I sometimes paid whores just to talk with them because I was lonely, you know, like those blokes on the telly or movies, or whatever. They hate it; it's easier for them to fuck and send the bloke on his way. I hated it because I couldn't communicate properly with anyone and I felt like a bastard for exploiting them. Sometimes I would fuck them just out of pure self-destruction on both sides. But fucking a whore for the enjoyment of fucking is a waste of time.

If a guy really wants to have a great fuck, go down on her first and do everything she wants and pleasure her until she begs you to put it in. I guarantee it works. It's fucken hard when you're old feller is bursting at the seams and just wants relief, but look after her first.

So, I can understand why he'd pay to make them fuck off.

[Samurai_Jerk]

When I was really rolling in it, I sometimes paid whores just to talk with them because I was lonely, you know

No, I don't know. I never feel the need to have a conversation with a woman just because she's a woman. Generally speaking I'd rather speak with a guy about guy shit. Sex and companionship don't have to go together in my book. I like relationships best when they're at the fuck buddy stage. Once commitment starts coming into the picture it becomes a pain in the ass. I've only had one long-term semi-normal relationship and you met the girl I was in that relationship with.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

When I was really rolling in it, I sometimes paid whores just to talk with them because I was lonely, you know

No, I don't know. I never feel the need to have a conversation with a woman just because she's a woman. Generally speaking I'd rather speak with a guy about guy shit. Sex and companionship don't have to go together in my book. I like relationships best when they're at the fuck buddy stage. Once commitment starts coming into the picture it becomes a pain in the ass. I've only had one long-term semi-normal relationship and you met the girl I was in that relationship with.

I hear you. I would have been great to have had around when I had money. I threw it away on all sorts of shite!!!

I've only had one long-term semi-normal relationship and you met the girl I was in that relationship with.

Yep. She was fucken adorable, gorgeous, absolutely astounding and I'd bet she was a tremendous cook and utterly wild in the sack. But I understand -- no, empathize -- with your feelings about commitment.
Besides, I don't want to be your father-in-law (Actually, you'd be pretty good...I like you a lot and you're a decent person, too. <I should just talk to you instead of paying whores to listen, but sometimes I changed my mind halfway and just got a BJ instead, which -- and there's nothing personal here -- I'm not real keen on doing with you.>)

[BigInJapan]

A month after download law, consumers spending less on music: survey
According to a recent statistical survey, however, since the law was passed, sales of music in Japan have continued to fall and consumers are actually showing less interest in music than ever before.

Livedoor News survey:

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The multiple choice survey asks consumers, “How much do you spend on music in an average month?” with answers ranging from “0-500 yen” to “over 10,000 yen.” “0 yen” has risen significantly since 2004, while numbers of every other response have decreased each time since 2007.

Is this the effect of the new download restrictions? Has Japan’s new draconian law actually had a negative effect on music sales? Or has the Japanese government simply noticed that music sales continue to fall and mistakenly pinpointed illegal downloads as the cause?

[Cont. on RocketNews24]

[Taro Toporific]

900 yen per hour---Nippon Columbia is looking for part-time employees to "Survey illegal distribution"
www.otonano-kaisha.com | November 09, 2012 (goofy Google Translate)
Do you want the routine task of monitoring 8 hours a day?
With the passage of criminal penalties for illegal downloads enacted July 1st, Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. is now recruiting personnel to survey illegal downloading...more...

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[Coligny]

144 000 yens per month !? is it even legal to pay that little ?

[matsuki]

But fucking a whore for the enjoyment of fucking is a waste of time.

Ehhh, you misunderstood Charlie...this is exactly what he was trying to do and this is exactly what whores are for. Waste of money, yes, time, me thinks not.

144 000 yens per month !? is it even legal to pay that little ?

Maybe it's a ploy to hire Chinese for this job?

[Taro Toporific]

Well, it has been two months since the Jailtime-for-Downloading Law has been enacted. Let's look at the boxscore of the JASRAÇ jackboots.

2012-11-22 Illegal distribution of Pachiko/slot machine "music" (painful noise) by Japanese hobbyists via "Icecast" on a US server. Man arrested, Fukuoka police 'Cyber Patrol' bust
2012-11-19 A 3,400 yen Wall clock with an unlicensed photo AKB48 being sold at Internet auction. Man arrested, copyright owner complaint
2012-11-15 Sales of pirated Microsoft Office Pro (60,100 yen total), man arrested, purchaser complaint
2012-11-06 Sales of pirated Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (8,960 yen total) through the Internet sale auction site, copyright owner complaint
2012-11-01 Unlicensed pillow cover of AKB48 members sold (6,660 yen total) Three households raided and arrests, Tochigi 'Cyber Patrol' busts
2012-10-22 One man to uploaded to a storage site for "Ichitaro" software sales. Man arrested, copyright owner complaint
2012-10-16 Upload pirated Tecmo Koei Games through WinMX, three arrested, Fukuoka, Ukiha, Asakura and Ogori 'Cyber Patrol' busts
2012-10-15 Uploading English teaching materials through Cabos, man arrested, Ibaraki 'Cyber Patrol' bust

Your taxes at work!

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[Midwinter]

Well, it has been two months since the Jailtime-for-Downloading Law has been enacted. Let's look at the boxscore of JASRAÇ jackboots.

2012-11-22 Illegal distribution of Pachiko/slot machine "music" (painful noise) by Japanese hobbyists via "Icecast" on a US server. Man arrested, Fukuoka police 'Cyber Patrol' bust
2012-11-19 A 3,400 yen Wall clock with an unlicensed photo AKB48 being sold at Internet auction. Man arrested, copyright owner complaint
2012-11-15 Sales of pirated Microsoft Office Pro (60,100 yen total), man arrested, purchaser complaint
2012-11-06 Sales of pirated Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit (8,960 yen total) through the Internet sale auction site, copyright owner complaint
2012-11-01 Unlicensed pillow cover of AKB48 members sold (6,660 yen total) Three households raided and arrests, Tochigi 'Cyber Patrol' busts
2012-10-22 One man to uploaded to a storage site for "Ichitaro" software sales. Man arrested, copyright owner complaint
2012-10-16 Upload pirated Tecmo Koei Games through WinMX, three arrested, Fukuoka, Ukiha, Asakura and Ogori 'Cyber Patrol' busts
2012-10-15 Uploading English teaching materials through Cabos, man arrested, Ibaraki 'Cyber Patrol' bust

Your taxes at work!

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Gosh, Fukuoka is a right den of criminal nastiness.

[matsuki]

So the lesson learned? Don't sell pirated software or use AKB pics on your merchandise?

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Japanese police have "Cyber Patrols?"

I wonder if getting arrested by one of these is the 21st century equivalent of getting kicked up the Khyber Pass?

[yanpa]

Japanese police have "Cyber Patrols?"

Haven't you seen their little virtual bicycles?

[BigInJapan]

Gosh, Fukuoka is a right den of criminal nastiness.

Actually, there is a lot of organized crime down here (I'm a Fukuoka resident), but I doubt that has much to do with individuals selling illegal copies of AKBimboz trash on Yahoo, etc.

So the lesson learned? Don't sell pirated software or use AKB pics on your merchandise?

Ichitaro? I thought it got phased out around 1998. Apparently it's #14 on kakaku.com, who knew. I'm guess most of the customers are old diehard users.

[yanpa]

Do they still sell thermal paper for ワープロs?

[matsuki]

Do they still sell thermal paper for ワープロs?

Do they still sell ワープロ's? They sure keep pumping out fax machines like they'll never go out of style...

[Taro Toporific]

Police sergeant in Japan arrested for illegally recording anime movie
The Japan Daily Press /   December 13, 2012
While Japan’s recent passage of strict anti-piracy laws have quickly led to several arrests, but the latest is a criminal they did not expect. In a twist of irony, a 38 year old police sergeant was arrested in Fukushima Prefecture this week after he was caught using a digital camera to record an anime movie while it played in a theater. And it wasn’t even the first time he did it...more...

The hideous anime in question:

[Coligny]

Awesome, they don't even get reprimanded for raping schoolgirls but when they tape shitty beyond belief anime they are arrested...

Typical japanese "companies before people" mentality...

[BigInJapan]

Police sergeant in Japan arrested for illegally recording anime movie

" a 38 year old police sergeant was arrested..."
"The middle-aged man was bused..."

Aside from the typo, 38 is "middle-aged"? Yikes.
Being over 40, I guess I better get some Polident for my dentures, and check my supply of Depends...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Any 38-year-old paying to see anime that is not Fritz the Cat (or other similarly attuned fare)-related deserves to be arrested...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Police sergeant in Japan arrested for illegally recording anime movie

" a 38 year old police sergeant was arrested..."
"The middle-aged man was bused..."

Aside from the typo, 38 is "middle-aged"? Yikes.
Being over 40, I guess I better get some Polident for my dentures, and check my supply of Depends...

I hate to break it to you but considering the average lifespan for men in the first world is 70 something 38 is definitely middle aged.

[matsuki]

Awesome, they don't even get reprimanded for raping schoolgirls but when they tape shitty beyond belief anime they are arrested...

Typical mandatory japanese "companies before people" mentality...

FTFY

[gaijinpunch]

Kind of late into this, but wow. Police using a video cam in a fucking theater? Shit! The quality is so crap. Just wait 6-12 months and buy the god damn bluray. Weird.

[Taro Toporific]

Starting February, it appears that the authorities are going to insert naughty-naughty warning screens on Japanese users who attempt to download copyrighted content with a digital watermark via obsolete P2P software like Winny/Share.

総務省、WinnyやShareでの違法ダウンロードに注意喚起の実証実験
　news.mynavi.jp [2013/01/27]
総務省は1月25日、WinnyやShareといったP2Pファイル共有ソフトでの違法コンテンツの不正流通について、違法コンテンツをダウンロードしようとすると注意文書を表示する実証実験を2月中旬にかけて行うと発表した。
これは、P2Pファイル共有ソフトを用いて著作権侵害ファイルをダウンロードしようとするユーザに対する注意喚起・啓発活動の実用性や可能性を検証するもの。実験は、NTTコミュニケーションズが請け負う。
More...

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[Taro Toporific]

Starting February, it appears that the authorities are going to insert naughty-naughty warning screens on Japanese users who attempt to download copyrighted content with a digital watermark via obsolete P2P software like Winny/Share.

The-rest-of-the-story...


Japanese Government Plants Anti-Piracy Warnings Inside Fake Downloads
February 5, 2013 -- torrentfreak.com
Last year saw a major upgrade in Japan’s anti-piracy legislation in an attempt to shift Internet users away from file-sharing sites and networks and towards the country’s legitimate outlets. But while the change in the law was significant, getting the legal-downloading message to users proved problematic. In response the government and rightsholders are now seeding fake files with anti-piracy messages hidden inside....
...At the end of last month, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in conjunction with movie and music studios announced “Operation Decoy File”, a copyright awareness campaign stuffed inside – you guessed it – fake files.
“To deter illegal distribution of content using P2P file sharing software the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications [and various rightsholder companies and organizations] will until mid-February 2013 conduct experiments to contribute to the enlightenment of users who attempt to download illegal content using the same software,” the Ministry announced.
More...

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[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I don't use P2P, but the Java-based YouTube downloader I had been using to download material from YouTube until recently no longer works...if anybody knows a good was to save YouTube content, I'd really love to know (hint, hint...)

[Mike Oxlong]

I don't use P2P, but the Java-based YouTube downloader I had been using to download material from YouTube until recently no longer works...if anybody knows a good was to save YouTube content, I'd really love to know (hint, hint...)

If you use Firefox to browse there are some decent add-ins...

[yanpa]

obsolete P2P software like Winny/Share.

Does Winny actually count as P2P software? My understanding is that it's more of an Idiot2Idiot application.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I don't use P2P, but the Java-based YouTube downloader I had been using to download material from YouTube until recently no longer works...if anybody knows a good was to save YouTube content, I'd really love to know (hint, hint...)

If you use Firefox to browse there are some decent add-ins...

Thank you!
You are a superstar!!!!!!!!

[Mike Oxlong]

I don't use P2P, but the Java-based YouTube downloader I had been using to download material from YouTube until recently no longer works...if anybody knows a good was to save YouTube content, I'd really love to know (hint, hint...)

If you use Firefox to browse there are some decent add-ins...

Thank you!
You are a superstar!!!!!!!!

Glad I could help. Of course I meant "add-ons", but bloody autocorrect is a real bitch sometimes!