A subcommittee of the Council for Cultural Affairs, an advisory committee for Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, decided on Thursday that that they would evaluate the place of parody in Japanese copyright law. As Japanese law currently stands, no special provisions are made for parody works, as they are under the laws of various other countries ( Read more... )

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LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Federal authorities have charged the owners and operators of the video locker service Megaupload with operating a criminal enterprise that distributes pirated material, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday.

Although the sites they operate advertised that they provide personal storage for users' content, the ( Read more... )

This week Youtube series "KIDS REACT" shows them a video for vocaloid artist Hatsune Miku's video "World is Mine" live in Tokyo, Japan.

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video shown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTXO7KGHtjI

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