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Anime Industry Faces Piracy Concerns
Date: 1/10/2005
The current issue of Video Store Magazine has an interesting article regarding piracy and bootlegs in the anime industry.
Interesting quotes:
?Our legal department is quite aware of the online file trading situation, but currently we?re on a ?wait and see? approach due to illegal product we found at these small retailers.? ? Jerry Chu, Bandai Entertainment
?One only needs to remember Napster?s sudden closure in 2000 and how it sparked more poular music file-sharing programs such as Kazaa.com to spread.? ? Edwin De La Cruz, Video Store Magazine

Anime Industry Faces Piracy Concerns
by Edwin De La Cruz
Video Store Magazine
January 2-8, 2005
Page 18
Source: Video Store Magazine