Odex can’t get PacNet names
p2pnet news | Product News:- Anime distributor Odex has been demanding the names of up to 1,000 PacNet users who allegedly downloaded pirated versions of the Japanese cartoons.
But PacNet doesn’t have to comply, says the Straits Times.
Pacific Internet (PacNet)said it, “respects the rights of intellectual property owners and at the same time, also believes in protecting the privacy of all our subscribers”, according to the story, which adds:
“The Straits Times understands one reason for District Judge Ernest Lau’s decision is that he believes Odex was not the right party to make the application, despite having the go-ahead to prosecute on the behalf of the Japanese anime studios.”
The ruling came as a surprise, “given that Odex had successfully obtained Court orders to get SingNet and StarHub to reveal names of their downloaders,” says the post.
Meanwhile, “Singapore anime distributor Odex has commenced action to deal with and contain the state of rampant downloading of unauthorised anime video files on the internet,” says Odex, going on:
“To date, Japanese content owners have not made any anime titles legally available for download in Singapore. There are websites offering ‘free’ anime downloads, such as Animesuki, but none of these websites are authorised by the Japanese content owners.
“Odex is authorised by the Anti-Video Piracy Association (Singapore) (AVPAS), a non-profit organisation whose members consist primarily of Japanese companies involved in the anime industry, including major companies such as Sunrise Inc., TV Tokyo Medianet Co., Ltd, Gonzo Digimation Holding K.K., Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. and Aniplex Inc., to take all steps necessary to protect and enforce the copyrights subsisting in more than 400 anime titles.”
It adds:
In 2006, Odex engaged a US-based sentry company, BayTSP Inc, to provide Odex with a software solution that would track and record instances of unauthorised downloading of anime titles over the internet.
Stay tuned.
Also See:
Straits Times – Odex saga: PacNet does not have to reveal names, August 23, 2007
Odex – Odex clarification article, August 20, 2007
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August 28th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
Doesn’t quite seem fair for an anime company to file a copyright infringement claim when 90% of Japanese cartoons look EXACTLY THE SAME.
August 28th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
Um.. all people look 90% the same, for me.. (and have, like 98% the same DNA) I don’t complain.
For the matter in the article.. are they going for FANSUBS? That is the first time i heard of such.. fansubs are usually better than ofiiial translations, too.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Even though I don’t want this to become precedent for other sites, I still……
ABSOLUTELY CAN’T F***ING STAND ANIME!
I still don’t understand how such mundaine, annoying, dull, pointless, soap-opera-wannabe can be so popular?
We’re talking an audience of almost a billion. A BILLION! And we have cut-throat companies going after some of these fans.