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Worldwide Death Note Anime Licensing Spread Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Following a small online campaign by Japanese netizens who revealed that portions of Rin Yoshii's manga serial SWITCH contained an image copied from a fashion magazine photograph (see our January 24th entry), Mitsuo Umeoka, the editor and chief of Shueisha's Cookie revealed the magazine will cease publication of the work. "This is an action that violates copyright, and I sincerely express my apologies to all affiliates. 'SWITCH' will no longer be carried in our magazine from the April edition, under these circumstances, to all readers who were looking forward to this work, I am indeed sorry." In addtion, similar appropration of imagery was perceived in Yoshii's past manga "Silent Summer Snow" and "Kurabe You Mo Nai Hodo Ni" and these comics will no longer be sold by the company. Finally, the editor affirmed his commitment to readers that Cookie's editorial staff of will make a greater effort in the future to be aware potential copyright violations. A side by side image comparison showing a photograph from the November, 2006 issue of the fashion magazine SWEET and SWITCH, appearing in Shuisha's January, 2007 edition of Cookie was posted online about a week ago. The magazine editor's e-mail address was listed below the photographs, concerened parties were urged to write in their concerns. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
