We would like to interrupt your Kimi no na wa hype to bring you this news. Three individuals in Japan were given charges by the Osaka Prefectural Police’s Anti-Cybercrime Division for sharing and distributing Makoto Shinkai’s anime film your name. without permission.
Of the three suspects, one of them is a 48-year-old who works for the local government of Kaizuka City (located in the Osaka Prefecture). They were using a file-sharing software “Share” around September to October to share the movie to the suspects’ respective computers. According to the police, when a user downloads one file on Share, the user can automatically and simultaneously share the file to others on the Internet. The video that was being shared around was the sample version of the movie intended to be distributed to the movie theaters and the related with Chinese and English subtitles.
your name. is one of Makoto Shinkai’s successful anime movies produced surpassing the international gross sales of Studio Ghibli’s Spirited Away.
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