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SPIM · 07-15-2008, 09:18 PM

Probably the last piece of news a site like this needs to hear but reality has a habit of biting us on the backside:

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The Kyoto District Court has found one of three defendants guilty of unauthorized uploading of Gundam and other popular anime with the Share file-sharing program on Friday. Judge Kōji Shibata ordered Moriyoshi Inoha, a 41-year-old company employee from Tokyo, to serve one year and six months in prison (with a three-year suspended sentence). Prosecutors has asked for that length of prison time for Inoha on July 4.

One of the other defendants, 34-year-old company employee Kasuhiro Maki from Kawasaki City, is also facing an 18-month sentence from a different judge in the same court. Although others have been indicted and sentenced for using other programs to share files without permission, Inoha, Maki, and Takahiro Ōtomo from Hiroshima Prefecture were the first in Japan to be arrested for allegedly using Share, a program that had promised high anonymity for its users. (Ever since security researchers found flaws in Share in 2006, other successor applications have been developed.)

Japan's Copyright Law prohibits unauthorized uploaders but expressly allows people to download for private use. The Japanese government is pushing for a ban on unauthorized downloads as well, despite receiving thousands of messages from citizens opposing the ban.

Obviously this won't pose an immediate threat to International fansubbers but I imagine in the long run this may put a slight dent in the availability of raw episodes for them to sub.

Thoughts?

dvtq · 07-15-2008, 09:30 PM

is "share" itself a program or all the share program ?

SPIM · 07-15-2008, 09:39 PM

SHARE is a very popular Japanese P2P programme.

dvtq · 07-15-2008, 10:14 PM

damn, if this become serious, then Korea will ban clubbox, china will ban edonkey. But first of all, anime pirate community will be in big trouble.....

hyperlite · 07-15-2008, 11:23 PM

It won't immediately affect us being that there are still other raw providers and it hasnt reached the U.S. with anti piracy groups targeting P2P networks like Limewire and the like.

Actually State side the target is downloaders not uploaders.

justinswood · 07-15-2008, 11:39 PM

I don't think the U.S. is gonna have this problem. Like you said hyperlite in the U.S. they target downloaders

null00 · 07-16-2008, 06:41 AM

It will probably have little effect on fansubbers as their raw providers and cappers have many alternative ways of sharing

**zanet** · 07-16-2008, 10:00 AM

Yeah, this has already happened before as well, but it always seems to be for 'uploading gundam episodes' xD , Bandai protect their stuff a lot.

Naruto_da_hokage · 07-16-2008, 01:35 PM

Yea I remember something like this on AnimeNewsNetwork and has always been gundam lol...well I HOPE it doesn't reach US...

NeoGreymon · 07-17-2008, 12:17 AM

scapegoats eh?...i feel sorry for these guys who were arrested; hope there won't be more cases like this in the future or it would severely affect the anime community out of Japan *we leechers*

07-15-2008, 09:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
dvtq Zone-Anime King/Queen of Anime Mortals - Level 7 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 775 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Credits: 6,666	is "share" itself a program or all the share program ? __________________ Clanad after story, should or shouldnt watch it... hump There are too many good sries in this fall. Going to watch Kanagi and Rosario 2

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SPIM Zone-Anime Analyst - Level 4 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 82 Rep Power: 2 Credits: 1,554	SHARE is a very popular Japanese P2P programme. __________________ July Anime column now up - [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] Latest DVD reviews: MÄR (Märchen Awakens Romance) Vol 1, Death Note Vol 2, Bleach Series 2 Vol 1 and more [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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dvtq Zone-Anime King/Queen of Anime Mortals - Level 7 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Huntington Beach, CA Posts: 775 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Credits: 6,666	damn, if this become serious, then Korea will ban clubbox, china will ban edonkey. But first of all, anime pirate community will be in big trouble..... __________________ Clanad after story, should or shouldnt watch it... hump There are too many good sries in this fall. Going to watch Kanagi and Rosario 2

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hyperlite Uber Mod Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chi-town Posts: 1,432 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 3 Credits: 16,062	It won't immediately affect us being that there are still other raw providers and it hasnt reached the U.S. with anti piracy groups targeting P2P networks like Limewire and the like. Actually State side the target is downloaders not uploaders. __________________ ^This is why beef is our GFX Admin.^

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justinswood Zone-Anime King/Queen of Anime Mortals - Level 7 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 560 My Mood: Rep Power: 3 Credits: 3,980	I don't think the U.S. is gonna have this problem. Like you said hyperlite in the U.S. they target downloaders __________________ Propz to Beefjerky and Hentai King for the sigs [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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null00 Uploader Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 97 My Mood: Rep Power: 2 Credits: 1,496	It will probably have little effect on fansubbers as their raw providers and cappers have many alternative ways of sharing

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zanet The man with pie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Behind you Posts: 2,432 My Mood: Blog Entries: 5 Rep Power: 5 Credits: 22,501	Yeah, this has already happened before as well, but it always seems to be for 'uploading gundam episodes' xD , Bandai protect their stuff a lot. __________________ thanks beefjurky ;p [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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Naruto_da_hokage Super Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: why? theres no point in tellin...stupid default questions.... Posts: 2,363 My Mood: Blog Entries: 7 Rep Power: 4 Credits: 22,440	Yea I remember something like this on AnimeNewsNetwork and has always been gundam lol...well I HOPE it doesn't reach US... __________________ SickER sig beef [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]\|\|Ecchi Club-[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]!\|\|Team Fuzzy-[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]!

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NeoGreymon Section Administrator Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 573 My Mood: Rep Power: 3 Credits: 4,029	scapegoats eh?...i feel sorry for these guys who were arrested; hope there won't be more cases like this in the future or it would severely affect the anime community out of Japan we leechers __________________ [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] couldn't decide between these two so i'll go with both of them ^_^

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