Just News :
Japanese Government to Start Anti-Anime/Manga Piracy Operation Next Month
In cooperation with 15 major anime production companies and manga
publishers, the Japanese government will next month start a huge
extermination operation against 580 foreign sites which have illegally
uploaded anime and manga contents on the web without the copyright
holders' permission, NHK reported
on July 28. While the government has started supporting the genre as
one of their important cultural exports, there appears to be no end of
illegal uploading of anime and manga via pirate sites, mainly operated
by Chinese. The Cultural Affairs Agency estimates the loss caused by the
Chinese pirate sites last year was amounted to at least 560 billion yen
(about US$ 5.5 billion).
On August 1, the government will start simultaneously sending
requests to delete illegal anime and manga contents to the operators of
the 580 foreign pirate sites which they have found. In addition, the
operation will launch a new site to guide the fans to a legitimate site
offering some 250 titles including
the latest ones at a cost of several hundred yen.
Source: NHK
Cut off one head, 2 shall take it place. Hail Hydra :3
