U.S. Copyright Groups Urge Canada to Prioritize Anti-Piracy Enforcement
The Canadian Government is no stranger to having its copyright policies critiqued. The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), for example, has repeatedly placed its northern neighbor on a “watch list” because it fails to properly deter piracy, and then the EU followed suit. To tackle copyright concerns, Canada has made several changes to its laws in recent years. Rightsholders can also obtain pirate site blocking injunctions at...
Japan vs. Manga Piracy: $800m Losses & 100 New Pirate Sites in One Month
Last month, Japan-based anti-piracy group Authorized Books of Japan (ABJ) ran a newspaper advertising campaign in the United States, Italy, Spain, and France. Its launch on July 17 was declared “Manga Day” and its purpose was to raise awareness of manga piracy by thanking those who pay for comics, rather than attacking those who do not pay. The ad below ran in the New York Times, with variants making an appearance in La Repubblica, El...
