11/1/2012

Since October 1st, Japan has had a big crack-down and they have criminalized the downloading of copyrighted media on the Internet with prison sentences of up to 10 years and 10 million yen ($125,285 USD) (3Yen / 2012-07-02).
This sad state of affairs has resulted in some gallows humor in this year’s Japanese Halloween costumes such as this spot-on copy of Japan’s anti-movie piracy advertisement (which is displayed at the start of every movie showing)…

とろ@ガリガリ君‏’s twitter

For reference, here’s what the original Anti-Piracy ad looks like that is played in movie theaters before every showing…

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