Let's talk about anime? In collaboration with 15 major anime production companies and manga , the Japanese government will launch a massive extermination operation next month against 580 foreign websites that have illegally uploaded anime and manga content to the web without the permission of copyright holders," reports the NHK on July 28.
While the government has begun to support the genre as one of its important cultural exports, there seems to be no end to the illegal uploading of anime and manga via pirated websites, mainly operated by Chinese citizens. The Agency for Cultural Affairs estimates that losses caused by Chinese pirated websites last year totaled at least 560 million yen.
In August the Government will send requests for Anime Exclusion:
On August 1st, the government will begin simultaneously sending requests to the operators of the 580 foreign pirated anime and manga websites they discovered to remove illegal content. Additionally, the operation will launch a new website to direct fans to a legitimate site offering approximately 250 titles.
Via: crunchyroll
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More details about the Japanese Government's anti-piracy operation After yesterday's uproar caused by the news of the anti-piracy against streaming sites, the Japanese government through the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) today came out to reveal more details about its “Manga-Anime Guardians Project”, the first collaborative anti-piracy project for manga and anime.
METI , and Industry) will begin monitoring the illegal uploading and distribution of content. However, it clarifies that the target is not the 580 foreign websites, as stated yesterday, but rather ALL illegal distribution websites. What they will actually monitor is the illegal distribution of 580 works on these sites (500 of which are manga and 80 anime). You can read the official statement here on the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry website. This anti-piracy action will be carried out by the Manga-Anime Anti-Piracy Committee, which, in addition to monitoring the illegal distribution of content and taking legal action against the websites, has posted a message promoting anti-piracy activities and explaining the initiative. MAGP (Manga-Anime Guardians Project) has also posted a short film featuring 42 anime characters saying "Thank you."
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Japanese Ministry finds alternative legal anime sites:
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and MAGP have also launched the "Manga-Anime Here" website, which can be visited at http://manga-anime-here.com. It allows visitors to find legal alternatives to their favorite works.
Legal alternatives include Galinha Pintadinha, Vizmanga, Funimation, Amazon, Hulu, and others. New Update: Possible Targets of the Japanese Government's Anti-Piracy Operation. In March 2014, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published a report, which can be downloaded here, identifying the main websites facilitating the illegal distribution and viewing of manga and anime. This report triggered the anti-piracy operation, which will begin on August 1st.
first phase, the websites highlighted are: Mangafox , Mangahere , YouTube , Daily Motion , Anitube , Ruyube , Media Fire , Zippy Share , RYU SHARE , Nyaa Torrents , Tokyo Toshokan , The Pirate Bay , Raw Manga , and Anime Here . This list highlights Anitube as an example of a website that only deals with piracy. The report highlights six languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, so websites that provide content in these languages will be the main targets of the anti-piracy operation.
Via: OtakuPT
