"Two Busted for Copyright Infringement"

[drainer at mpinet.net]

That's interesting, because http://us.jnet.ne.jp/ always indicated that they 
were based in Thailand.

A couple of sites used Jnet's streams, I guess those won't be coming back 
either.



-d


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Nornes" <AMNORNES at UMICH.EDU>
To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 3:40 PM
Subject: "Two Busted for Copyright Infringement"


> Following up on our discussion about webcasting Japanese TV from last
> year, Variety's Mark Schilling reports that two guys got busted for
> webcasting a couple shows without permission.
>
> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118004350.html?categoryId=1442&cs=1&nid=4758
>
> Markus
>
>
> Japanese duo arrested for webcasts
> Two busted for copyright violations of TV shows
> By MARK SCHILLING
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> TOKYO -- The prexy and employee of a company that webcasts TV shows to
> Japanese expats abroad have been taken into custody by Tokyo police
> for alleged copyright violations.
> The prexy of J Network Service International, Kazuma Moriya, is
> accused of loading two February episodes of the Fuji TV show
> "Gokigenyo" onto company servers and offering them to subscribers
> without first getting permission from Fuji, a violation of Japan's
> Copyright Law.
>
> J Network Service International beams shows from 21 Japanese channels
> to 5,000 subscribers in 50 countries via 88 servers in Chiba and Osaka
> prefectures. Police estimate that revenues from the service have
> totaled $2.84 million since its launch in December 2006.
>
> Fuji first complained about the service to the Tokyo metro police in
> June 2008. The bust, say the police, is the first of its kind in Japan.
>
>
>