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Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:38 AM EDT
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XLence

That is a lot of videos.

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Reply#1 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 12:59 PM EDT
lionessrulez

Grouper and Bolt.com got sued by Universal only recently.. so I can imagine..

    Reply#2 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:06 PM EDT
    Vincent Grayson

    I wonder if most of that wasn't the absurd amount of full anime episodes I see posted on the site. It would be nice if they'd make such things available for official and high quality download, I wager that'd make them a nice chunk of change (and adding subs to shows obviously isn't too hard, since small groups of fans do it pretty quickly)

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    Reply#3 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:25 PM EDT
    Cary Quinn

    It sounds like it was more than just anime, although that was probably a major portion of the items removed.

    I'm trying to get a better idea of what titles may have been removed, to see if your theory pans out. In the meantime, there was an interesting side analysis of the situation posted at:

    http://www.computers.net/2006/10/youtube_removes.html

    Followup: Apparently the request did not include all the anime titles, as I am seeing reports of some anime still being up there. Of course, there is nothing to stop this group from making a similar request for removal of copywritten items again.

      #3.1 - Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:11 PM EDT
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      kikaiju

      I am mixed on this.

      Go JASRAC! For finally standing up and doing something about the rampant copyright infringement going on outside Japan. Now go stomp the professional video pirates and bootleggers! Alion, SM, EverAnime? Hello? Actual physical media? Bust them.

      Boo JASRAC! For taking down videos we can't get even if we want to pay for them.

      I can't remember the last time JASRAC actually did any enforcement outside Japan. This is somewhat unprecedented.

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      Reply#4 - Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:12 AM EDT
      Vincent Grayson

      Man, I got so many SM cds back in the day, long before I had any idea they were bootleg. I just thought I got lucky finding copies of older CDs for cheap :(

        #4.1 - Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:17 AM EDT
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