The Agency for Cultural Affairs plans to create educational materials for the first time to convey the problem of piracy in order to let the younger generation know about the damage caused by piracy sites such as manga, and to use it in high school classes from next year.
According to a trial calculation by ABJ, a general incorporated association made up of publishers, etc., the total amount of damage caused by comics read for free on pirated sites last year was over 1 trillion yen, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs' panel of experts , cites dissemination and enlightenment of this problem to the younger generation as an issue for damage prevention.
For this reason, the Agency for Cultural Affairs has decided to create the first video teaching materials that specialize in the problem of pirated copies, in order to have them incorporated into high school classes such as "Information I" from the next academic year.
The video is about 10 minutes long, and teaches how free pirated sites earn income from advertising, and how browsing by users can benefit illegal businesses and cause damage to authors who own copyrights. am.
The Agency for Cultural Affairs plans to complete the teaching materials by the end of this year, publish them on its website, and inform schools through boards of education nationwide so that they can be used in high school classes from next year.