New JASRAC Ruling Spells Trouble for Manga Scanlation?

Wed, 2007-06-20 23:40

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Kokoro Media reports that a recent copyright ruling in Japan from a victory by JASRAC could have serious consequences on manga scanlation:

If online services for individuals can be shut down because the servers might be storing copyrighted material, then JASRAC [or some other copyright holder] could apply similar pressure to other existing 'personal use’ services such as Yahoo’s Briefcase and Apple’s .Mac.

Via: Journalista

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