Taiwan cracks lower on piracy of Japanese drama

Tokyo, japan -- Taiwanese cops, functioning on a request from Japanese government bodies, grabbed 10,000 unlicensed DVD copies of Japanese TV dramas from five street retailers on Saturday. Takero Goda, who heads Japan's intellectual property privileges enforcement org, this content Overseas Distribution Assn., told reporters the seizure is "only the tip from the iceberg." In the request of Japan's five commercial systems and pubcaster NHK, the enforcer related to government bodies in Taiwan to hack lower on retailers of unlicensed Japanese Dvd disks. Facing elevated enforcement through the Movie Assn., pirates in Asia have moved their focus from Hollywood photos to Japanese TV dramas, that have lengthy been well-liked by regional auds. In Taiwan pirates produce Dvd disks of dramas that broadcast 3 days earlier in Japan. Founded in 2002 by Japanese content companies and orgs, this content Overseas Distribution Assn. has devoted itself to rubber stamping out Asian piracy of Japanese music, photos, toon and television shows. Based on its figures since 2005, 3,300 retailers happen to be busted and 6.two million illegal Dvd disks happen to be grabbed. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com