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Comcast Targets Unlicensed Anime Torrenters 352

Posted by Zonk on Monday November 19, 2007 @02:23AM from the hard-to-get-your-jpop-fix-without-it dept.

SailorSpork writes "According to a thread on the forums of AnimeSuki, a popular anime bittorent index site, Comcast has begun sending DCMA letters to customers downloading unlicensed fan-subtitled anime shows via bittorrent. By 'unlicensed', they mean that no english language company has the rights to it. The letters are claiming that the copyright holder or an authorized agent are making the infringement claims, though usually these requests are also sent to the site itself rather that individual downloaders. My question is have they really been in contact with Japanese anime companies, or is this another scare tactic by Comcast to try and reduce the bandwidth use of their heavier customers now that their previous tactics have come under legal fire?"

Comcast Sued Over P2P Blocking 268

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 14, 2007 @11:37PM from the let-us-pirate-music-at-a-reasonable-speed dept.

CRISTAROL writes "Comcast has been sued by a California resident for blocking BitTorrent and other traffic. 'John Hart describes himself as a Comcast customer who has seen performance hits when using "Blocked Applications" targeted by Comcast's traffic management application, Sandvine. In his complaint, Hart says that Comcast severely limits "the speed of certain internet applications such as peer-to-peer file sharing and lotus notes [sic]." Comcast accomplishes this by "transmitting unauthorized hidden messages" to the PCs of those using the applications.' The lawsuit comes on the heels of an FCC complaint over the same issue."

Comment Re:Been downloading series off fansubs for years. (Score 1) 972

by thrgardinad on Tuesday February 01, 2005 @06:31PM (#11545514) Attached to: Fansubbers Under Fire

Honestly, I believe and know its bad to pirate stuff, but I do all of it anyways. I buy Anime series I like when they are finally out on DVD anyways, but most of the time the subs and dubs are horribly translated by companies in the USA, they leave out a lot of Japanese culture items, because an average american wouldn't know what it ment. Most fansubs will stick to Japanese themes and culture items in the translation. Also I like seeing anime that hasn't been censored on TV.

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