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NEWS: 11 Arrested in Japan for Uploading via Share Program

The alternative is that this bill could hurt their economy further in the sense that people will be less willing to buy stuff they've never heard of or let alone know about. Many people in Japan are collectors....collectors want to know specifically what they are buying before they buy it.

While I applaud them for finally get tough on illegal file shareing (took them long enough) and such, I'm not sure arresting these people is the best way to handle it. While I am apposed to illegaly uploading/downloading anime and stuff, I don't think people who do it should be punished like this. I think a fine more then covers it. No one should have to do jail time for crimes like this. I do agree we need to put a stop to the uploading of raws, for many reasons, but I sort of doubt this is the best way to go about it. But hey if it works that's great. I sort of doubt it will though.

Intellectual property laws are there to balance the system between artist and production companies to prevent someone from HAVING to give their life's work away for next to nothing while publishers et. al distribute the work and make loads of money without having to give a equivalent payment to the artist.

All of these older males should have the money to buy some of the anime or music.

Prede wrote:

While I applaud them for finally get tough on illegal file shareing (took them long enough) and such, I'm not sure arresting these people is the best way to handle it. While I am apposed to illegaly uploading/downloading anime and stuff, I don't think people who do it should be punished like this. I think a fine more then covers it. No one should have to do jail time for crimes like this. I do agree we need to put a stop to the uploading of raws, for many reasons, but I sort of doubt this is the best way to go about it. But hey if it works that's great. I sort of doubt it will though.

Don't we need RAWS for AMVs?

I would be angry at all of the "glad the bastards got caught, rot in jail" posts. However, it seems that no matter how serious or trivial an offense is - any offense - that is discussed in a thread, there is always at least one person who cheers for the police/prosecution. It could have been a woman who was beaten by the Taliban government for wearing a hijab instead of a burka c. 1999, and there would always be at least one a**hole posting, "She should have known what was going to happen; can't feel sorry for her." Perhaps he (they're almost always men) was trolling. Maybe he's a misanthrope. It might be that he was genuinely that dumb/unreasonable when it comes to the application of state power. But it always happens.

And that is why I hate the Internet.

I'm glad you think that highly of your own opinion.../sarcasm

Cue semantics war.

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Imagine if all the animators and writers and directors were just doing this for free as a hobby in between salaryman jobs.

We'd get more beautiful works like Voices of a Distant Star? More work created out of love of creation rather than the intent and expectation to reap a profit? A few excellent shows rather than scads of mediocre ones is definitely a preferable state of affairs.

I would be angry at all of the "glad the bastards got caught, rot in jail" posts. However, it seems that no matter how serious or trivial an offense is - any offense - that is discussed in a thread, there is always at least one person who cheers for the police/prosecution. It could have been a woman who was beaten by the Taliban government for wearing a hijab instead of a burka c. 1999, and there would always be at least one a**hole posting, "She should have known what was going to happen; can't feel sorry for her." Perhaps he (they're almost always men) was trolling. Maybe he's a misanthrope. It might be that he was genuinely that dumb/unreasonable when it comes to the application of state power. But it always happens.

And that is why I hate the Internet.

As long as anything I say is just a "semantics war" to you, I've already "lost", so debating with you is pointless.

Nice to know dangerous file uploaders are off the streets and in jail where they belong. Obviously Japan has no violent crime if this is how the police are spending their time. Now if they can book those renegade jaywalkers, the country will be paradise.

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.