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Japan Passes Jail-for-Downloaders Anti-Piracy Law

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Japan Passes Jail-For-Downloaders Anti-Piracy Law

Well I guess it was only a matter of time until a country other than us would be threatened by the same SOPA/PIPA laws that U.S. Congress tried to pass several months ago only this time it's hit Japan. Other countries around the world may have had similiar bills passed into law but I feel glad that we managed to dodge a major bullet, too bad the public of Japan didn't put up much of a fight against their own Government regarding the Anti-Piracy law that passed there.

Not sure what this will mean to the International Otaku Community though... >__>
 
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Oh sh!t. So will all Pokemon content be illegal?
 
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And once again a country's government has been bought out by the entertainment industry. If this law didn't pass, they'd keep proposing similar laws. You're not truly free in a democratic society, all people are equal, but some are more equal than others. I imagine passing the law will set a precedence in other Asian countries.
 
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This...um...well, crap. Clearly this is bad for them, but...will it be bad for everyone else, too?
 
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Um, yeah, this is bad for gamers especially. Japan is Nintendo's home! Imagine what such idiocy will do to them!
 
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Based on the posts linked in the OP, this doesn't seem very similar to SOPA. It seems kind of hard to enforce. I'll probably read more on it later.

Can we please not start an alarmist circle jerk every time any anti-piracy legislation appears?
 
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I hope this doesn't affect Japanese fansites such as Pokesho.
 
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From what I understand from reading the article, it's not going to affect Pokemon/fansites in general as long as they don't have illegal downloads available on their pages.

They're just cracking down on downloading movies, mp3s, etc etc. That's what this is about.
 
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This means that Japanese Subs won't be uploaded onto the Internet anymore since Japan has outlawed against it with this new law. They just killed the only reason why I watch One Piece and Cardfight!! Vanguard for their Subs.

It's looking like Anime/Manga is officially dead in the U.S. no thanks to the Japanese Government. Most English Dubs over in the U.S. suck like crap that's why most people internationally watch Japanese Subs online, they not only killed otaku with this new law, they're also hurting their pop culture and economy along with it.
 
So, I'm looking at the article included in the OP's edit, and I have to ask...by that definition, would Let's Plays of Japanese games basically be illegal?
 
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Poke Trainer J said:
This means that Japanese Subs won't be uploaded onto the Internet anymore since Japan has outlawed against it with this new law. They just killed the only reason why I watch One Piece and Cardfight!! Vanguard for their Subs.

It's looking like Anime/Manga is officially dead in the U.S. no thanks to the Japanese Government. Most English Dubs over in the U.S. suck like crap that's why most people internationally watch Japanese Subs online, they not only killed otaku with this new law, they're also hurting their pop culture and economy along with it.
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I humbly disagree with that bold statement.
 
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Poke Trainer J said:
This means that Japanese Subs won't be uploaded onto the Internet anymore since Japan has outlawed against it with this new law. They just killed the only reason why I watch One Piece and Cardfight!! Vanguard for their Subs.

It's looking like Anime/Manga is officially dead in the U.S. no thanks to the Japanese Government. Most English Dubs over in the U.S. suck like crap that's why most people internationally watch Japanese Subs online, they not only killed otaku with this new law, they're also hurting their pop culture and economy along with it.
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You do realize that even Japanese Subs are mediocre due to poor translation by the fans. Funimation and ViZ have great English dubs. And if anything, this law could help prevent spoilers until it comes ashore from Japan.
 
This means that Japanese Subs won't be uploaded onto the Internet anymore since Japan has outlawed against it with this new law. They just killed the only reason why I watch One Piece and Cardfight!! Vanguard for their Subs
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Cardfight!! Vanguard is legally available through Crunchyroll, and Funimation's website broadcasts the subbed version of One Piece as well.
 
Whether Subs, Dubs, or Raw, we are now deemed to be illegal if we watch anime online, or even download the anime.

How boring will my day become if my life had no Japanese anime...
 
So just briefly touching on this...if we ever want to watch an anime, we would have to go to Funimation/Crunchyroll/whatever else to watch them? And subs are illegal everywhere (Even if licensed by Funimation)?
 
In all honesty, I'm a little bit confused by the article. Too many holes in this, so to speak. It's not very informative.

For instance, in electronic stores, there's software one can buy for the specific purpose of ripping/copying cds and DVDs. Perfectly legal. Also, here in Japan, people can rent cds (and I'm sure they copy them). They have many cd/DVD rental shops. So, you can buy the software to perform these tasks, but you get in trouble if you use it? Does this apply only to cds or DVDs that people rent, or does this apply to those who own them as well? Can they copy them and keep them for personal reasons (for example, transferring them to an mp3 player, or changing the format so you can have a copy on your PSP, etc.)?

For those who go to websites that are legal to view/use in other countries, will it be banned/blocked to those in Japan or those with a Japanese IP address?

Now the biggest question is, how will they even enforce it? I don't download much of anything, but I do dl three things from back home (two out of the three are on break for the summer). If I did so, would I get in trouble for it based on Japan's new bill, even if it wouldn't be if in the US? It definitely needs more specifics here.
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So just briefly touching on this...if we ever want to watch an anime, we would have to go to Funimation/Crunchyroll/whatever else to watch them? And subs are illegal everywhere (Even if licensed by Funimation)?
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Probably fansubs would be, not legal ones put out by the groups you mentioned, for example.
 
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So just briefly touching on this...if we ever want to watch an anime, we would have to go to Funimation/Crunchyroll/whatever else to watch them? And subs are illegal everywhere (Even if licensed by Funimation)?
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I'm fairly certain Japanese laws won't have any jurisdiction outside of Japan. So if you're illegally downloading and watching anime in America, this law would not affect you. The only effect it would have on international audiences is that it might make things more difficult to find.
 
I'm not sure how this will effect even fansubs. We have no way of knowing where people get the videos of episodes, as well as where they're from. It also seems to be only directed at adults, though that depends on the age of kids the article was talking about.
 
If this is true then sites like animehere will be feeling it big time as most of their anime is direct from Japan though we know the anime/manga world has been covered but what of anime image related sites like safebooru,Pixiv,Minitokyo?

We have no way of knowing where people get the videos of episodes
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^Simple enough all^that is doing is forcing people to buy anime/manga the official way buy it in a shop/online
 
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