The system will train AI to recognize piracy websites by analyzing their layouts, advertisements, and content patterns. It will also utilize image recognition to detect unauthorized use of manga and anime materials provided by publishers.
Piracy is the best thing that happened to anime. Without it, anime and Japan wouldn’t be nearly as popular.
They’re shooting themselves on the foot. People discover anime and manga through piracy, and then if they love it, they end up spending money on it.
Just look at Berserk. I bet 90% of people who spent money on the mangas and all the deluxe editions discovered it through “illegal” means.
massive financial losses due to piracy,
No. That’s not “losses”. It’s just potentially lost sales. In reality though we call that, “wishful thinking”. So to Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs I say:
