Comments on: Jams.tv Steals

By: kainoa

kainoa — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:09:58 +0000

I think lowell is right, copying content is stealing content. Normally you ask someone if you can use their content and get permission to do so. With bloggers IMHO, they “comment” on content and that is gives them the right to copy (ala Japanprobe) without asking permission (like they are journalists). If as a blogger you have “original content” you created the video, photos, text etc. you don't want other people to profit (like those Jams.tv, like Japanprobe). It's all so blurred with “new media”

By: kainoa

kainoa — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:09:58 +0000

By: Deas

Deas — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:58:31 +0000

Hey Lowell – I agree that some of the uses of Japanese TV are questionable, but having said that, plenty of them are fair use in my opinion. If I show a clip from a show (Japanese or otherwise), I do so for a reason. I feel like your criticism of Ken for translating polls is weird, though – he's not providing the polls, he is providing a service: translation. That's what he earns money off of. And he does link back. I'm sure that if he were ever contacted by the polling companies and asked to stop, he would handle it like a mature adult. The point is this – Jams.tv scraped our blogs and copied their content in its entirety. Then they corralled it on their site so that no traffic would ever “get out” and find its way to the site of origin. They were profiting solely on our work, not on commenting on our work, not on translating our work, not on creating some derivative of our work. Our work. To me there is a subtle, but hugely important difference. You seem to be opinionated on the subject, so I'd like to hear back from you. What's your take?

By: lowell

lowell — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:37:39 +0000

People who steal content are sad. But how is this different when
Japanprobe copies all sort of stuff from Japanese TV and post in on youtube, then embed on their site. What about stealing from Japanese TV stations, no paying of royalties to them, no credit, no backlinks? Does Ken ask permission from Oricon first to translate their original poll content or he just translates it and then links and that is ok? Last I saw both are sites that had lots of ads so they are for profit sites.

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:23:25 +0000

Deas, just to let you know, and just in case you missed my post on JCB, I've finally got my last remaining DNS problem fixed (touch wood...) so everything should be trouble-free from here on out. Ken Y-Ns last blog post was: Fish-eating (and vegetarian statistics) in Japan

By: Deas

Deas — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:12:14 +0000

Koichi – hope you’re getting your side of things sorted out, too. I’m posting updates as I get them to Shane’s thread on the JapanSoc blog. We’ll see how it goes, I guess.

By: Koichi

Koichi — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:55:02 +0000

You said it! I wonder how long it will take them to respond - this is the most ridiculous scraping I've seen as of yet. Koichis last blog post was: Crazy Delicious Japanese Rice Paddy Art

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