Let's talk about anime? In collaboration with 15 major anime production companies and manga , the Japanese government will next month begin a massive extermination operation against 580 foreign websites that have illegally uploaded anime and manga content on the web without permission from rights holders. copyright”, informs the NHK on July 28th.
While the government has started to support the genre as one of its important cultural exports, there appears to be no end to illegal uploading of anime and manga via pirated websites, mainly operated by Chinese. The Cultural Affairs Agency estimates the loss caused by Chinese pirate websites last year amounted to at least ¥560 million yen.
In the month of August, the Government will send requests for Deletion of Animes:
On August 1, the government will begin simultaneously sending deletion requests for anime and manga against illegal contents to the operators of the 580 foreign pirate websites they found. Additionally, the operation will launch a new website to guide fans to a legitimate site that offers around 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 revealed more details about his “Manga-Anime Guardians Project”, the first manga and anime collaborative anti-piracy project.
METI of content, however it clarifies that the target is not the 580 foreign websites as stated yesterday but ALL illegal distribution websites and the What they will actually monitor is the illegal distribution of 580 works on these sites (500 works 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 legal action against websites, has posted a message online promoting anti-piracy activities and explaining the initiative. MAGP (Manga-Anime Guardians Project) also posted a short film online where 42 anime characters say “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 put online the “Manga-Anime here” website, which you can visit at http://manga-anime-here.com, which allows visitors to find legal alternatives to follow your favorite works.
Legal alternatives include names such as hen, Vizmanga, Funimation, Amazon, Hulu, etc. 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 that you can download here where it identified the main websites that facilitate the illegal distribution and display of manga and anime, it was this report that triggered the anti-piracy operation that will begin on August 1st.
In the first phase, the following websites are highlighted: Mangafox , Mangahere ,動漫之家, YouTube , Daily motion , Anitube , Ruyube , Media Fire , Zippy share , RYU SHARE , Nyaa Torrents , Tokyo Toshokan , The Pirate Bay ,アニポ, Raw Manga and Anime Here . In this list, Anitube as an example of a website that only deals with piracy. The report highlights 6 languages, Japanese, English, Chinese, Spanish, French and Portuguese, meaning that websites that provide content in these languages will be the main targets of the anti-piracy operation.
Via: OtakuPT
