So... when was the last time an anti-piracy crusade succeeded?
This'll be interesting, I've not surveyed how much seasonal anime is shown on legit English sites now but I've heard it's gotten a lot better.
From what I understand, the operation will involve content removal requests - not "extermination" of the sites involved. Please correct me if I'm wrong - I hope I'm not because I think that removal requests are the best option.
They have every right to do this - I just hope that lesser known titles won't get the requests too.
I agree with taking down the streaming sites, and maybe even the DDL sites.
Those sites are profiting from streaming content that doesn't belong to them, with nothing going back to the creators.
What I don't agree with is Manga takedowns, when not even a fraction make it outside the country, and torrent tracker tackdowns.
While streaming sites such as CR exist now and do a good job, there are still fansubs that are easier to watch with added typesetting flair, and again titles that never leave their shores or get simulcasted.
But IMO, this will fail.
You are correct Senseito. They will be sending requests to site owners to end their sites, but do you think thet will just let it slide if they refuse to delete the content?
I highly doubt it, they must have a plan B in case people refuse to do as told though.
Still, I too feel this will fail.
You make a point there Kuu. CR now has a Manga subscription, but they don't have every manga on their list either, just a few.
I doubt they'll let it slide but what approach they'll have beyond takedown requests remains to be seen.
Hey look, Megaupload is on the list!
I'm quite interested in seeing how they will take down Megaupload.
No1sy B0y Wrote: [ -> ]Not Nyaa!!! 
Nyaa looks like it'd be fairly resilient. I'm sure they already get plenty of takedown notices.
Kuu Wrote: [ -> ]I agree with taking down the streaming sites, and maybe even the DDL sites.
Those sites are profiting from streaming content that doesn't belong to them, with nothing going back to the creators.
What I don't agree with is Manga takedowns [...] and torrent tracker tackdowns.
Wait, wouldn't torrent trackers (as in, websites like Nyaa, not its actual tracker) be in the same boat here as streaming/DDL sites?
No1sy B0y Wrote: [ -> ]I highly doubt it, they must have a plan B in case people refuse to do as told though.
Part of me thinks this as well, but ultimately they don't have a lot of legislative muscle outside of Japan - ie a difficult problem to overcome.
And their published list does seem to indicate that it could just be big mouths in government as opposed to something that'll work.
I have a feeling that this is more aimed at curbing piracy of anime/manga
within Japan. Of course, make a big statement to try to scare everyone else.
NOT MANGAHERE
Time to start crawling/downloading everything
ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]Kuu Wrote: [ -> ]I agree with taking down the streaming sites, and maybe even the DDL sites.
Those sites are profiting from streaming content that doesn't belong to them, with nothing going back to the creators.
What I don't agree with is Manga takedowns [...] and torrent tracker tackdowns.
Wait, wouldn't torrent trackers (as in, websites like Nyaa, not its actual tracker) be in the same boat here as streaming/DDL sites?
I think what Kuu is saying is that using Nyaa, for example, means you don't have to deal with a plague of ads or link gateways deliberately used so the site can profit - a practice typical of streaming/DDL sites. Not to mention they are just using the fansub groups work, often recompressing releases for a smaller filesize.
But you're right - in any case the content creators don't make anything off it so in that respect they're all as bad as each other.
ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: [ -> ]No1sy B0y Wrote: [ -> ]I highly doubt it, they must have a plan B in case people refuse to do as told though.
Part of me thinks this as well, but ultimately they don't have a lot of legislative muscle outside of Japan - ie a difficult problem to overcome.
And their published list does seem to indicate that it could just be big mouths in government as opposed to something that'll work.
I have a feeling that this is more aimed at curbing piracy of anime/manga within Japan. Of course, make a big statement to try to scare everyone else.
I feel it's something like that too.
Basically I've never been scared of these kind of things. I remember in the past there was a similar episode where the Japanese government wanted to introduce more strict censorship in mangas or something, and a few people here were panicking too. In the end basically nothing happened.
Even if they do actually manage to take down all of the sites (which I very much doubt).... new ones will pop up soon enough to replace them.
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