Japanese Government to Start Anti-Anime/Manga Piracy Operation Next Month

http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-ne...t-anti-animemanga-piracy-operation-next-month

apparently Japan is now making a move to stop piracy.

Discuss.

 

Well, shit.
They can't stop us all though, right? ... Right?...

 

i dont know man. im on the same boat as you. wait... are we?

well at least i now know someone is planning to have a life.

in all seriousness, well this news scared the shit out of me. our country is not that really with a great impression to the world when it comes to digital piracy. japan and its allies could atleast ip block us and when it comes to going to their servers. yeah torrents would be the safety net for the pirates but that wont do good. i dont do torrents as i rely on direct links.

 

Well from what I understand there are at least 2 reasons to not immediately panic

1. They are just sending take down requests. No word on any further actions beyond that
2. Their main focus seems to be guiding people to legal alternatives so while some sites may go down the big ones will probably dodge it.

I looked over a few articles about it and none of them mentioned anything more than sending requests and spreading info about legal alternatives. Since plenty of sites have gotten take down requests before I don't think this is too much to worry about unless the requests this time as special or something. Plus with them targetting so many it seems like they are just hoping some will accept the offer for free alternatives and die quietly.

 

I surrender to the rising run! -raises hands- anyone else? ...huh? I wonder how far they will go with it though.

 

Hmmm... Not sure what I think of this. Anti-piracy is kind of a trigger word for me because of what America tried to get away with (SOPA) and what Youtube keeps doing. I think it's BS most of the time, but I do understand why they would do something like that. I pirate anime and movies but only because when it comes to stuff like that, the companies that make it will always have the money. The people who buy will always, always, out number the people who pirate... unless the movie, game, series or whatever is complete shit but that's a different story.

My thoughts on this is that it won't be as big of a hit like it was here with the take down of Megaupload and the other sites that closed down due to it.

 

Or you could go on CR. Depending on the series, they allow it to be watched in 1080 for free.

30 seconds of ads to watch an episode really isn't that bad and you're not taking money away from anybody.

Why won't you watch it on CR?
Because you have to wait a week to watch new releases for free?
They need money, like everybody, so obviously they'll give advantages to donators.

 

I see. I live in the US so Crunchy was pretty much made for me (lucky!) and I don't mind waiting a week with some series. So I try to use crunchy when I can.

 

I see, it makes sense.

Being in North America, I have access to their whole collection (thanks to the NAFTA), so the thought of its Australian version having smaller library never occured to me.

 

I think Crunchyroll has it's place. If we try to support sites like this we send a message we do care about the industry and aren't just a bunch of greedy pricks who want everything for free as easily as humanly possible. Since I'm getting the anime for free anyway I can live with a few advertisements and a delay with new shows. Except for ones in the new release club or a couple I just can't wait for.

But I do try to use Crunchyroll whenever possible. It doesn't really change much but it doesn't hurt either. Plus if enough people use it the site and library will grow.

 

Haven't read anyone else's posts in this thread. Too much of a wall of text for me at this time of night. The fact that they are going to redirect people to sites where they will be charged seems pretty stupid. The fact that people are not paying in the first place, suggests they need to be redirected to sites like wakanim or crunchyroll instead, where it is free and legal to do so. That makes more sense to me, do you really expect a pirate to hand over his/her gold?

 

I wouldn't say this affects me very much. Lately I haven't been watching as much anime as I used to and the ones that I do are on TV. I've never really cared for new released anime since I'm not a big fan of subs and I don't mind waiting till its dubbed (thats what I did with AOT). I'm with @Metazoxan as I am currently support other legal way of watching anime. I mostly use Hulu, Netflix and Crackle (VERY VERY rarely) and I recently learned that I can sync my cable account to Adult swim so I can watch their whole library of shows, including the anime they have. like @Metazoxan said, the only drawbacks I see are the commercials (and those wont kill you except maybe the ones on Crackle lol) and the fact those services won't have the biggest libraries or the latest episodes. Don't get me wrong, I still love this site and still use it (mostly for the community) but I try to limit myself and watch a series that isn't on any of the other places I go too.