Well...

The site I used to watch anime on, goodanime.net, has been taken down.
http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=518519

Sorry for that Stein, that sucks

must have took a long time to right given that a few of those 8 claims had 973 links.

Aw fuck! They had a better selection than any site I ever visited. Most other sites I tried to go to just didn't have what I was looking for. There goes 90% of my anime. -____-

Dammit, I'm seriously gonna need to find a new place to watch anime, though. Thankfully I have the next month or so planned for my Anime Club but I'm gonna need to hunt down new titles sooner or later.

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Originally Posted by Kagamine

Aw fuck! They had a better selection than any site I ever visited. Most other sites I tried to go to just didn't have what I was looking for. There goes 90% of my anime. -____-

Dammit, I'm seriously gonna need to find a new place to watch anime, though. Thankfully I have the next month or so planned for my Anime Club but I'm gonna need to hunt down new titles sooner or later.

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I just found this, ironically enough in the DMCA list.
http://www.gogoanime.com/

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

I just found this, ironically enough in the DMCA list.
http://www.gogoanime.com/

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That is eerily similar to Good Anime.

I don't have time to look extensively through their selection atm, but I'll bookmark it for now.

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Originally Posted by Kagamine

That is eerily similar to Good Anime.

I don't have time to look extensively through their selection atm, but I'll bookmark it for now.

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And they aren't likely to get shut down because

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Originally Posted by Privacy and Disclaimer statement

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In case of copyright infringement, please directly contact the responsible parties.
GoGoAnime.Com operates as an index and database of anime content found publicly available on the internet, in principle conducting in the same way as yahoo. However, GoGoAnime.Com strongly believes in the protection of intellectual property and would be willing to assist when possible and applicable.

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

And they aren't likely to get shut down because

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I'm still sort of pissed that anyone would try shutting them or Good Anime down in the first place because

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Originally Posted by Brovo

Piracy: Making an illegal copy of something to keep for as long as the user wishes.

Streaming: ^ Not subject to the above.

Here is how it works, at least according to the DMCA.

If the film in question was acquired through pirating and then distributed through streaming, then yes, it's piracy.

If the film in question was acquired through recording it on a TV channel, then it may or may not be piracy according to which country you live in and how they interpret the DMCA.

If the film in question was acquired through completely legal means, I.E. was purchased as a DVD collection for example, and then put up for streaming, then it's treated no differently than if someone brought a couple friends over to watch his copy of a legally acquired film. I.E. It's not piracy.

Depending on the country, where the servers for the streaming site are hosted and where and when the film in question was copywrited, it may or may not qualify as copywrite infringement. However, copywrite infringement is generally not regarded with the same vehement spite as piracy. Some companies even treat streaming sites as free advertisement.

In Japan's case, a streaming site is usually not frowned upon, especially if it brings their product to a foreign audience.

tl;dr: If streaming content that was copywrited was illegal, then Youtube would not exist. Seriously. It would then be illegal to put up Lets Plays, clips of Gears of War, or anything without express permission of the copywrite holder.

The copywrite holder does have the right to call for a takedown if it sees something which it deems as ultimately harmful.

Essentially, if it's not taken down, and the source which uploaded it didn't acquire it illegally, then it's not illegal to view a streamed source of television, movies, or anime.

There you go.

Copywrite 101.

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

I just found this, ironically enough in the DMCA list.
http://www.gogoanime.com/

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It the website i use to watch the newest yu-gi-ho.