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Nov 2019

Japanese Prosecutors Still Want To Blame Developer Of File Sharing Program For Copyright Infringement By Users

Japanese Prosecutors Still Want To Blame Developer Of File Sharing Program For Copyright Infringement By Usersfrom the too-bad deptWe were happy earlier this month to learn that the Osaka High C…

Oct 2019

Nintendo Slays The Threat From Modded Nintendo Games For The Commodore 64

Nintendo Slays The Threat From Modded Nintendo Games For The Commodore 64from the nintendon't deptAny review of the recent posts we've done on gaming giant Nintendo would certainly reveal a…

Oct 2019

Welcome To A World Of 500-Megapixel Cameras, And Surveillance Systems Able To Zoom In On Small Objects A Kilometer Away

Welcome To A World Of 500-Megapixel Cameras, And Surveillance Systems Able To Zoom In On Small Objects A Kilometer Awayfrom the coming-soon-to-a-smartphone-near-you…

Oct 2019

New Study On Effects Of Manga Piracy Show Piracy's Effects Are More Nuanced Than Good Or Bad

New Study On Effects Of Manga Piracy Show Piracy's Effects Are More Nuanced Than Good Or Badfrom the comicly-nuanced deptIn all of our years and years of discussions on piracy and copyright…

Sep 2019

Recording Industry, Japanese Gov't Work To Break Your Mobile Phone If You Listen To Unauthorized Music

Recording Industry, Japanese Gov't Work To Break Your Mobile Phone If You Listen To Unauthorized Musicfrom the how-nice-of-them deptDetails are scarce, but apparently the system w…

Jan 2018

Psychiatrist Sues A Bunch Of Redditors For Criticizing His Therapy Services

So much is Dr. Berger hated by denizens of Japanese-oriented subreddits that one subreddit has even made an annual tradition of warning Americans in Japan (or looking to relocate there) away fro…