i was chatting with my cousin just now who is also an anime fan, and he told me that he got a call from his cable company saying that they've detected him downloading illegal japanese cartoons on his computer and that there are copyright issues and he needs to resolve them in 48 hours or they will cut service.
now, my cousin does download fansubs (as do i) but he tends to use IRC and bittorrent whereas i use direct download and FTP. the first question that popped into my head is "who the heck is monitering anime downloads and pressuring cable companies to crack down on downloaders?". my cousin also has not downloaded any liscenced anime so there shouldnt be any copyright issues in the first place.
i'm also trying to figure out if this is a one in a million case where they randomly pick a downloader and punish him, or if someone is going to actually try and start doing something about downloaded anime in general.
so, just putting this out, be careful where you choose to get your anime from. someone may be watching.




