Lately, some US-based distribution companies are quickly acquiring titles even before they are finished in Japan, and some fansub groups decide to go headfirst and continue even after the licensing announcement.

Why? I guess that they're basing their licensing decisions by actually watching the download figures for every title on known BT trackers ( Read more... )

Not new, but of late something came up early this evening on NHK's BS1 channel about Winny, Japan's archaic, controversial P2P equivalent of Kazaa or eDonkey. Hmmm... there was also what appears to be the Japanese National Police presenting evidence of copyright violation, comprising of some PCs, a stackful of DVDs, a DSL modem or two, and other ( Read more... )

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