Comments on: Japan to Criminalize Downloading Copyrighted Material http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/17/japan-to-criminalize-downloading-copyrighted-material/ Anime News & More! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: starcade http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/17/japan-to-criminalize-downloading-copyrighted-material/comment-page-1/#comment-2955 starcade Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:39:25 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=16395#comment-2955 About five years too late to save anime in Japan. Really... Take a look at the number of studios consolidating and/or closing, and you'll see why. Even a 13-episode project is seven figures these days, with no real assurance they'll get the investment back. About five years too late to save anime in Japan.

Really… Take a look at the number of studios consolidating and/or closing, and you’ll see why. Even a 13-episode project is seven figures these days, with no real assurance they’ll get the investment back.

]]> By: John http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/17/japan-to-criminalize-downloading-copyrighted-material/comment-page-1/#comment-2943 John Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:17:45 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=16395#comment-2943 I have a personal theory that the Japanese parliment likes to create the impression of implementing change rather than actually implementing change itself, thus vague laws like this with no teeth that allow politicians and record companies to claim victory, and situations like implementing a three year "study" of lolicon instead of making any resolute legal decisions. I'm not complaining; just pointing out my impression that this is the way the Japanese government works. It seems like an "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude coupled with, "If it is broke, fix it slowly and incrementally so as not to upset anyone with sudden, drastic changes." I have a personal theory that the Japanese parliment likes to create the impression of implementing change rather than actually implementing change itself, thus vague laws like this with no teeth that allow politicians and record companies to claim victory, and situations like implementing a three year “study” of lolicon instead of making any resolute legal decisions. I’m not complaining; just pointing out my impression that this is the way the Japanese government works. It seems like an “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” attitude coupled with, “If it is broke, fix it slowly and incrementally so as not to upset anyone with sudden, drastic changes.”

]]> By: Aaron H. Bynum http://www.animenation.net/blog/2009/06/17/japan-to-criminalize-downloading-copyrighted-material/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 Aaron H. Bynum Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:49:34 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=16395#comment-2936 It's an incredibly vague, far-reaching, long-overdue amendment that probably won't actually do anything for several, several months... but if only because it's just one incredibly infinitesimal puzzle piece to a much larger query in regulating ethical behavior on the internet. It’s an incredibly vague, far-reaching, long-overdue amendment that probably won’t actually do anything for several, several months… but if only because it’s just one incredibly infinitesimal puzzle piece to a much larger query in regulating ethical behavior on the internet.

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