Anime on DVDに掲載されたプレスリリースによると、Web上に氾濫する海賊版に対し、日米のアダルトアニメ業界が連盟(ACDL)を設立して組織的な対応を行っているとのこと。以下はその抄訳。
(Chatsworth, CA) The Animation Co-Op Defense League (ACDL), a consortium of Adult Animation Distributors & Studios, is pleased to announce significant progress in their efforts to educate and combat the proliferation of web sites hosting and offering for sale unlicensed content.
The Animation Co-Op Defense League (ACDL)、アダルトアニメ業者およびスタジオのコンソーシアムは、無許可のコンテンツをホスティングし販売しているウェブサイトの激増に対抗する取り組みの大幅な進展を発表した。
“Last year we collectively decided to group our resources; to band together and take the offensive against anyone and everyone throughout the world stealing our content”, said ACDL Director and Adult Source Media President, Wendy Crawford.
-------------------------------------------------------- ただ団結するだけでなく、リソースもまとめあげて対抗してゆく「take the offensive:攻勢に出る」という、かなり本格的な取り組みのようです。 そして、注目すべきは同氏による次の言葉。
With the creation of the ACDL, all of the US based Hentai distributors and studios as well as the Japanese production houses are working together to combat this problem.
We have already taken immediate legal action against those who are deriving revenue from our materials without a license... ...This year alone we have already taking down a total of 10,738 infringers, including: 5006 Movie file-sharing links, 2123 Picture file-sharing links and 3609 Blog posts.
It’s rather shocking that adult anime producers appear to be fighting online file trading in a far more organized manner than mainstream anime distributors.(by Icarus Publishing)
Our goal is to put six games out this year. I won't be able to say until December 31st whether we've met that goal, but we're working toward it as hard as possible.