Monday, December 7, 2009

CDisplay: The Perfect Program for you Manga Readers!

Hi ya! I've browsed this for quite some time, and I want to share it with you.

Have you ever downloaded a manga in .zip or .rar extensions? You have to extract it in order to read it right? Plus it's hard and inconvenient to read it with the usual program in Windows or other OS. Well.. tadaa! This software will help you in reading it. It will set the image in your window in the perfect size for you to easily read it. Here's the preview




All you have to do is install it, open the program, drag the .zip or .rar file to the program window, and you're all set! Nice, huh? If you want to download it, you can find it here
I found it in a blog a few weeks ago, and I forgot what's the blog is ._. Credits for them who I don't know its name :)
The manga I take for example is Kimi ni Todoke. You can read it in mangafox or onemanga, as usual.
That's all for now.. Ja ne!

Blue Mist

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

My Drawing is GONE DX

So well, today I' going to post my life today. I've just drew an anime girl, and I tried to color her hair with charcoal pencil. It's pretty in my opinion, and some people praised it too. Weell, of course I'm proud of it :)

BUT, when I left it on my school desk, it's gone when I got back. HUAAAAAH What's that supposed to meaaaan DX DX Where is it where is iiiiiiit DX DX


Okay there's no point on whining at it now. It's gone, and that's it. I can't do anything about that.

That means I have to draw another! But I don't know when... Oh boy.. I'll post it here later.. when I finishes of course

Ja ne!

Blue Mist

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

11 Arrested in Japan for Uploading via Share Program

On Monday, police in Japan arrested 10 individuals on suspicion of using the Share file-sharing software to upload films, music, anime, games, and other content on the Internet without the copyright holders' permission. According to the Anti Counterfeiting Association, the following people were arrested:

1. 40-year-old male company employee from Sapporo (Ranma ½ television series)
2. 23-year-old unemployed male from Toride (Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito)
3. 47-year-old male company employee from Nagano (8 musical tracks from Victor Entertainment,SME RecordsSony Music Records, Avex Entertainment)
4. 23-year-old male company contract employee from Sayama (music from Ai Otsuka andKobukuroBack to the Future Part IIIDeath NoteDeath Note: The Last Name, others)
5. 37-year-old male local government employee from Tsu (Mobile Suit Gundam 00)
6. 44-year-old male company employee from Jōyō (Lorelei)
7. 37-year-old self-employed male from Yokohama (Wii Music, Wii Sports Resort)
8. 57-year-old unemployed male from Komatsushima (unspecified television anime)
9. 40-year-old unemployed male from Okayama (Dragon Ball KaiFresh Precure!Fullmetal Alchemist)
10. 30-year-old male game center employee from Chikugo (unspecified anime)

In addition, an unspecified home was searched in Akita Prefecture, but no arrest was reported there. The first three people to be arrested for allegedly using the Share file-sharing program were arrested in May of last year in three different prefectures. These three previous suspects reportedly shared anime from the Gundam franchise.

An earlier peer-to-peer file-sharing software called Winny was developed in 2002 by a then anonymous computer engineering student. The software promised anonymity for its users, but the High-Tech Crime Task Force found flaws in its integrated forum feature. After two users were arrested for sharing copyrighted material using Winny in 2003, the developer was identified as Isamu Kaneko of the University of Tokyo and also arrested. He was convicted and sentenced with a 1.5-million-yen (about US$12,000) fine. During Kaneko's arrest and trial, another anonymous developer created the Share program which promised better protection of users' anonymity on Winny's file-sharing network. Since security researchers also found flaws in Share in 2006, other successor applications are being developed.

Japan's Copyright Law prohibits unauthorized uploaders but expressly allows people to download for private use. The Japanese government is pushing for a ban on unauthorized downloads as well, despite receiving thousands of messages from citizens opposing the ban.

Source: Internet Watch


According to the Sankei Shimbun paper, the suspect from Sayama also allegedly uploaded the Lucky Star anime.

In June, the Japanese parliament passed an amendment that will make it illegal to knowingly download copyrighted material without authorization for the first time. The new law will go into effect on January 1, 2010.
An unemployed female from Yurihonjō in Akita Prefecture has since been arrested for allegedly sharing Korean television drama works



Taken from animenewsnetwork.


Hm.. pretty scary huh? Well the government have the rules and we the citizens must obey it... But well.. most of us broke it already, right? Hahahahah
We know that Japan, as the source of anime that we all love is pretty strict at these kind of things.
Anyway, piracy IS a crime so if you wanna do it.. Keep an eye on the government! Kidding :D


Till next time :)


Blue Mist