Do I hear JASRAÇ jackboots at the door?

[JAVGOD]

do they realize how many m.o. disk they will need ? and that sony stopped making them years ago ?

Let's just hope they don't start going after people who view porn without the mosaics. We'll all be seriously fucked if they do.

Suddenly Thailand is looking better.

[JAVGOD]

Do any of you watch or download uncensored JAV? VPN enough to cover?

[Coligny]

Do any of you watch or download uncensored JAV? VPN enough to cover?

You know, for an agent provocateur you are not really doing a good job...

Hope you know how to swim with concrete pants on...

[Coligny]

Don't remember this one being posted...

https://www.filmon.com/

[JAVGOD]

Do any of you watch or download uncensored JAV? VPN enough to cover?

You know, for an agent provocateur you are not really doing a good job...

Hope you know how to swim with concrete pants on...

LOL. I knew it. After I posted it, I had a private face palm moment.

[Taro Toporific]

2-ch says:
The JASRAÇ jackboots got him!!!

Isamu Kaneko, the creator of Winny, the world's worst file sharing software, suddenly died on July 7 at the age of 42.
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20130707/489562/

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[Yokohammer]

Isamu Kaneko, the creator of Winny, the world's worst file sharing software, suddenly died on July 7 at the age of 42.

Conspiracy theories beginning .... 3, 2, 1 ...

[Russell]

Let me guess.

They put polonium in his macha...

[BigInJapan]

2-ch says:
The JASRAÇ jackboots got him!!!

Isamu Kaneko, the creator of Winny, the world's worst file sharing software, suddenly died on July 7 at the age of 42.
http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20130707/489562/

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en anglais (from JT):
Winny developer Kaneko dies at 42

Programmer Isamu Kaneko, developer of the widely used Winny file-sharing program, died Saturday night of an undisclosed illness at a Tokyo hospital, his relatives said Sunday. He was 42.

The native of Tochigi Prefecture released the program for free in 2002 when he was a University of Tokyo researcher.

Kaneko was later charged with helping Winny users illegally copy movies, games and other content and was found guilty by the Kyoto District Court in 2006.

The Osaka High Court overturned that decision and acquitted him in 2009, saying he had not intended to encourage copyright violations with the program, which enables peer-to-peer online file exchanges. The Supreme Court upheld the high court ruling in 2011, saying it was up to users to decide how to employ Winny, which it said could be used for legal or illegal purposes.

Kaneko’s case was the first in Japan to address the question of whether the developer of file-sharing software can be held criminally responsible for copyright violations.

[Taro Toporific]

Japan's jackboots at the RIAJ---Recording Industry Association of Japan will offer a literal bandaid solution to illegal downloading of music.
According to the latest RIAJ press release, they plan to:
"...implement educational activities with an anti-illegal downloading campaign this fiscal year… As educational tools we will distribute at summer concert festivals such as Fuji Rock Festival ‘13 and SUMMER SONIC 2013, free novelty bandages with Japan’s new legal download “El mark.” ↓

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More details...

[Russell]

Pirate Bay ships PirateBrowser for censorship-free search

Shiver me timbers and other pirate-related cliches! The Pirate Bay has introduced the PirateBrowser, a tasty blend of Firefox and Tor with some snazzy add-ons that circumvent anti-piracy measures around the world.

As a 10-year anniversary present to its users, the Pirate Bay team created the Pirate Browser to get around censorship measures in countries as diverse as Germany, Italy, the UK, Malaysia, China, almost all of Scandinavia, and India, to name but a few.

Microsoft chat services and Facebook also block the sharing of Pirate Bay links.

In a blog post, the team writes,

Do you know any people who can’t access TPB or other torrents sites because they are blocked? Recommend PirateBrowser to them. It’s a simple one-click browser that circumvents censorship and blockades and makes the site instantly available and accessible. No bundled ad-ware, toolbars or other crap, just a pre-configured Firefox browser.

The browser won’t give you Tor-class anonymity for all your browsing; it’ll only take care of the search results censorship.

The Pirate Bay, which prides itself on its resiliency, has had more than its share of legal woes over the past couple years in particular. Its hosting situation has been a game of geographical Whack-A-Mole, with North Korea currently providing virtual asylum to the service.

[Taro Toporific]

Good-luck-with-that Department...

JAPAN TO CRACK DOWN ON ANIME AND MANGA PIRACY
torrentfreak.com | July 28, 2014
The Japanese government alongside 15 leading producers and distributors of anime and manga are set to begin a huge anti-piracy campaign against 580 sites. To complement the initiative the group will also launch a brand new portal directing pirates to official content being targeted by the scheme.
nIn an effort to crackdown on Internet piracy, during October 2012 the Japanese government introduced new legislation targeted at file-sharers...
... knowingly downloading copyright-infringing material became an offense carrying a potential two years in jail. While it was hoped that these measures would encourage consumers to do the right thing, today the problems persist.
As a result, this week the Japanese government will act in order to preserve what it sees as one of its greatest cultural exports.
Anime and manga are now consumed in countries right around the world and Japan sees this interest in Japanese culture as useful to its relationships abroad. However, with that popularity comes piracy, much of it facilitated by unlicensed overseas sites.
In the hope of remedying the situation overseas, this Friday will see the launch of a massive anti-piracy campaign aimed at making a huge dent in anime and manga piracy.
The government and 15 leading producers and distributors will begin contacting an estimated 580 “overseas pirate sites” with demands that they mass-delete infringing content. The sites are located in various regions, but there will be a particular focus on China.
More...

[yanpa]

In other news, an estimated 580 “overseas pirate sites” collectively said "meh" and deleted the email.

[Taro Toporific]

Finally, the promised "crackdown" has occurred.


40 PEOPLE ARRESTED FOR ILLEGAL UPLOADS OF ANIME AND DRAMAS THIS PAST WEEK
aramajapan.com 2015Feb22
For the sixth time for this type of crime, between From February 17 to 19, police across Japan arrested internet users who have been illegally sharing anime, manga, music and television dramas.From press a release published on February 20, 38 of Japan’s 47 Prefectural Police Departments searched 133 locations and arrested 40 people on suspicion of copyright infringement, their largest raid ever. All suspects males of this crime were all males in the 21 to 65 age range. Share, known for its security leaks and flaws in anonymity features, was the most-used software, followed by other software clients like Perfect Dark, Cabos and BitTorrent.
YTV reports that cases so far include uploads for Yo-Kai Watch, Detective Conan, XXX Holic, Studio Ghibli film The Wind Rises, and the Mobile Suit Gundam UC Soundtrack. Japan’s Copyright Law explicitly prohibits unauthorized uploads, and the criminal act can result in up to a 10-year jail sentence or fine up to 10 million yen.
More...

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ALSO:

Japanese police crackdown on online piracy
NHK Feb. 20, 2015
Japanese police have conducted a nationwide crackdown on the piracy of intellectual property on the Internet. This includes film, music and other kinds of files.
The National Police Agency says 40 people, the highest in 6 years, were arrested in the 3-day crackdown. It ended on Thursday.
The NPA says the people are accused of unlawfully uploading data with file-sharing software and making it accessible to anyone in violation of copyright law.
The accused include a city government official in Hiroshima Prefecture and a university student in Osaka Prefecture.
They range in age from their 20s to their 50s, with 14 of them in their 40s.
31 of them reportedly used software called Share.
The National Police Agency is urging police departments across the country to take action against illegal file-sharing.

[6810]

Ha, ha, ha.

Fucking aspi loons out there still using share... daywam, what year are we in?

Share, loltothemaxsherryblewbrolylegs,,,

[matsuki]

Ha, ha, ha.

Fucking aspi loons out there still using share... daywam, what year are we in?

Share, loltothemaxsherryblewbrolylegs,,,

Isn't cabos that old too?

Reminds me of...

[Mock Cockpit]

I'm reading Taro's update as "as long as you only download/ stream and only foreign TV/movies we don't give a fuck about you"?

[Samurai_Jerk]

I'm reading Taro's update as "as long as you only download/ stream and only foreign TV/movies we don't give a fuck about you"?

I've always wondered what the deal with watching streaming content is in general. I'm sure it's technically illegal but I've never heard of anyone being busted for it or even heard of authorities threatening to enforce a theoretical ban.

[yanpa]

I'm reading Taro's update as "as long as you only download/ stream and only foreign TV/movies we don't give a fuck about you"?

It's the Japanese copyright holders going after violators of their material driving this.

Any Japanese content I or Mrs. Yanpa wish to consume comes from Tsutaya.

[matsuki]

I'm reading Taro's update as "as long as you only download/ stream and only foreign TV/movies we don't give a fuck about you"?

It's the Japanese copyright holders going after violators of their material driving this.

What Yanpa said + I think foreign content that has no copyright holder in Japan wouldn't technically be a violation in Japan.

It also seems they're only nabbing those uploading the content...not those downloading...and last I read, "streaming" content couldn't be made illegal. (youtube and such)

[Takechanpoo]

you can share anything on youtube without violating any legal interpretations of J-copyright at the moment until the copyright holders themselves report.

[Coligny]

you can share anything on youtube without violating any legal interpretations of J-copyright at the moment until the copyright holders themselves report.

Yup...
usually copyright issues are 'first person'.

Meaning that if you are not the rightfull copyright owner you have jack shit to say on the mater. Even if you think in your all mightiness that some picture posted somewhere is of dubious copyright status...
Not your pic -> STFU

youtube reporting system if pretty clear about this. If you don't own the copyright of the video you are reporting. your request is not processed.

[Mock Cockpit]

I want to be clear that I do pay for content I consume, it's just that not all the content I consume is paid for and not all the content I paid for is consumed. I'm calling it even.

[matsuki]

I want to be clear that I do pay for content I consume, it's just that not all the content I consume is paid for and not all the content I paid for is consumed. I'm calling it even.

If you pay for an internet connection, you're paying for anything and everything you consume. Imagine the teeth sucking that would happen if they tried to bust someone for downloading illegal content here. "NTT provided the access and bandwidth to this content!! I paid them for it!!"

[Coligny]

Holy fucking streisand effect batman:

http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/05/01 ... pcorn-time

Never heard of popcorm time before...

[Coligny]

And there is even an IPhone/IPad version...

Popcorn Tube: The tube for the world of real entertainment. by Nhat Le
https://appsto.re/jp/kYuw6.i

Most bizarre App store find to date...

[Coligny]

And now the same for worlwide live TV...

http://ccloudtv.github.io/

No app, in browser. Any plateform...

[Taro Toporific]

Japanese police arrest 44 in three days for alleged file-sharing
ocketnews24.com 2016-Feb-23Anime News Network
1The Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) announced on Monday that the Japanese National Police Agency, in coordination with 29 prefectural police agencies, arrested 44 individuals between February 16-18 for violation of the Japanese Copyright Act due to unauthorized uploading and sharing of copyrighted material such as movies, music, anime, manga, and business and productivity software through file-sharing software.
More...

From the Police website it appears all the arrests were made for pirating shitty Japanese movies, music, anime, manga and Engrish study packages using woefully outmoded "Share" file-sharing software.

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Japajackboots

[Mike Oxlong]

[legion]

I'd love to see an audit of JASRAC's books.