"Celebrating Two Decades of Unlawful Progress: Fan Distribution, Proselytization Commons, and the Explosive Growth of Japanese Animation"

"Celebrating Two Decades of Unlawful Progress: Fan Distribution, Proselytization Commons, and the Explosive Growth of Japanese Animation"
Sean Leondard

This is a useful article for anyone who wants to understand the history and characteristics of the Manga and (XXXXX = oficial copying of Manga) market in Japan. This industry is an example of how, over a period of at least two decades, infringement of copyright fueled the commerce (business) and knowledge of that type of art. This account provides a comparison of Japanese and American copyright law which concludes that both legal systems are analygous. The purpose of this article to to provide a counter argument for those infavor of copyright in the United States on the basis that copyright infringement hurts the commercial health of creative industries who revenues are based upon exploiting intellectual property rights.