Comments on: Mainichi apologizes for WaiWai column’s copyright violations http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/28/mainichi-apologizes-for-waiwai-columns-copyright-violations/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zanzibar http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/28/mainichi-apologizes-for-waiwai-columns-copyright-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-241849 Zanzibar Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:40:08 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=6372#comment-241849 Whoa,let me get something straight. These things have been going on since 1989 (well actually longer, since other newspaper columns dug into the magazines before then) and nobody's raised the issue up to now??? Nothing like a little embarrassment over sex with swine and seafood to set off a sh*tstorm of outrage and recriminations. I look forward to getting all my cherry-picked news about Japan from "Mr. Clean" (NHK) and its fellow travelers. Whoa,let me get something straight. These things have been going on since 1989 (well actually longer, since other newspaper columns dug into the magazines before then) and nobody’s raised the issue up to now??? Nothing like a little embarrassment over sex with swine and seafood to set off a sh*tstorm of outrage and recriminations.

I look forward to getting all my cherry-picked news about Japan from “Mr. Clean” (NHK) and its fellow travelers.

]]> By: ST http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/28/mainichi-apologizes-for-waiwai-columns-copyright-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-241715 ST Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:38:59 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=6372#comment-241715 As Aki says, WaiWai columns were translations. Under the law, you're ot allowed to reproduce or translate a story from another publication without their permission. Tokyo Confidential avoids trouble by offering summaries of stories from other publications. This is OK under the law since only small bits of the original content is translated. I was never a fan of WaiWai and this latest apology is pretty shocking: They have been stealing content since the column began! As Aki says, WaiWai columns were translations. Under the law, you’re ot allowed to reproduce or translate a story from another publication without their permission. Tokyo Confidential avoids trouble by offering summaries of stories from other publications. This is OK under the law since only small bits of the original content is translated.

I was never a fan of WaiWai and this latest apology is pretty shocking: They have been stealing content since the column began!

]]> By: Aki http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/28/mainichi-apologizes-for-waiwai-columns-copyright-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-241631 Aki Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:07:12 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=6372#comment-241631 I have read original Japanese articles concerning a bestiality restaurant in Roppongi and fishermen having their way with fishes, both of which appeared in an issue of Jitsuwa Knucles featuring urban legends. The corresponding WaiWai articles had short introductions that were original to WaiWai, but remaining portions were almost literal translations of original articles that were detached from the context of the original issue. They were hardly summaries. I have read original Japanese articles concerning a bestiality restaurant in Roppongi and fishermen having their way with fishes, both of which appeared in an issue of Jitsuwa Knucles featuring urban legends. The corresponding WaiWai articles had short introductions that were original to WaiWai, but remaining portions were almost literal translations of original articles that were detached from the context of the original issue. They were hardly summaries.

]]> By: Kevin Ryan http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/09/28/mainichi-apologizes-for-waiwai-columns-copyright-violations/comment-page-1/#comment-241598 Kevin Ryan Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:10:56 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=6372#comment-241598 So now 2channel has to go after 32 newspapers, instead of just one? So now 2channel has to go after 32 newspapers, instead of just one?

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