Jams.tv lifting content from popular Japan websites without permission

Shane of Nihon Sun has written to let us know that quite a few Japan bloggers are angry about a site that is lifting content from the feeds of several popular blogs (including this site) without crediting the original authors with links or seeking their permission. Here are just a few of the sites that are having their content used:
Japan Soc – http://en-web.jams.tv/japansoc/
Tokyo Mango – http://en-web.jams.tv/tokyomango/
Jean Snow – http://en-web.jams.tv/jeansnow/
Yonasu – http://en-web.jams.tv/yonasu/
Rocking in Hakata – http://en-web.jams.tv/rockinginhakata/
Neil Duckett – http://en-web.jams.tv/neilduckett/
Japan Newbie – http://en-web.jams.tv/japannewbie/

There are thousands of spam blogs on the net that automatically lift content from the feeds of other blogs, and normally this kind of thing could not be a very big deal. However, Jams.tv appears to be a legitimate corporation based in Australia, and their site is running quite a few direct advertisements from well-known companies (Kinokuniya, HIS, etc.). It is hard to believe that an a corporate website would be engaging in the type of feed scraping generally associated with shady spam sites.

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