Even if digital piracy is a computer crime, it is with deep sadness that digital piracy sites KissAnime and KissManga have been closed down due to all of their content being removed for copyright violations, and the deleted data irrecoverable. Of course, if the real website got taken down, expect the impostors to also suffer the same fate, and all of the impostors have computer viruses.
In the wake of Japan's stricter copyright law enforcement, digital piracy sites will be expected to close their doors for good. The new Japanese copyright law, however, will still allow fair use or fair dealing, and will not go after fan fictions.
The demise of KissAnime, while a sad end of an era, will benefit legitimate services such as Crunchyroll, FUNimation and Netflix. In fact, there was a time when my brother used to visit KissAnime, and that was before he registered for a Netflix account. Nowadays, me, my brother and mother, as well as my aunt and two of my cousins, are watching Netflix. In other words, people will learn to move on in search of good shows, especially those that fuel nostalgia.
No comments:
Post a Comment