Quickie: Nico Nico to Crack Down on Anime Vids

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Dated: 2 Jul 2008
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What, you thought YouTube was alone? Not at all: alafista reports that the YouTube-meets-Mystery Science Theater 3000-esque site Nico Nico Douga has reached an agreement with various anime copyright owners (including Kadokawa, Ghibli, Sunrise, etc) to remove anime content that violates copyright. Which would probably be…a lot of it.

Nico Nico Anime Channel Opens

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Dated: 2 Apr 2008
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Yeees, the ever-elusive (or not) Japanese video site Nico Nico Douga has opened up its anime channel site, from which it will air both the ONA Candy Boy and the new series Penguin Musume ♥ Heart. You can also catch a trailer for Musume (which is followed by an interview in Japanese).