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Video Parody Of JASRAC Soars In Popularity
Date: 2/17/2007
A video lampooning the efforts of Japanese copyright watchdog JASRAC has logged more than 220,000 views since being posted to YouTube in early February. "wtf!! The legend of JASRAC" empasizes purported shortcomings of the group introducing many real life cases via animation. One such real life inncident involved the arrest of an elderly snack shop manager who was playing a Beatles song on the store's loudspeakers. The criticism implied is that "JASRAC is not a legitimate copyright protection group.
Source: Anime News Service