Hacker Swipes 'One Piece'

[Sledgstone 8,672]

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/15050.html

Funimation Entertainment, which, with the cooperation of Toei Animation, was planning to simulcast a subtitled version episode #403 of the One Piece anime series at 9pm (CDT) on Saturday night, just one hour after its Japanese premiere, has announced that their servers were hacked, and that the hacker posted episode #403 online.

Funimation issued the following statement on Saturday, “As a result of this illegal act, all U.S. and Canadian fans will be deprived of access to this great anime series for the immediate future. We will make every effort to locate and prosecute the perpetrator(s) to the fullest extent of the law and will provide updates regarding this most serious matter.”

Funimation and Toei’s plan to make new episodes of One Piece available within an hour of when they air in Japan was the latest development in a growing movement to make anime available online legally even faster than fan-subbed versions can be produced, but it appears that the actions of one individual may have jeopardized the entire program. Stay tuned for further developments.

I saw this article on ANN the other day too. One Piece is always getting screwed over in the US.

[Kite 3,263]

there's no reason for the company to delay it at all, just they are acting like children, trying to get sympathy.

Boo Hoo, get better security

[Pchan 5,162]

Shitty.

[Sledgstone 8,672]

there's no reason for the company to delay it at all, just they are acting like children, trying to get sympathy.

Boo Hoo, get better security

Yes, I think its pretty stupid for them to discontinue the service because of one mishap. They make it sound like they'll never stream one piece again because of one security issue.

[Kite 3,263]

there trying to send a message, it is really petty

it is like when I was young and played my brothers SNES with out permission, so he said I couldn't play it for a month

[Eppy 3,446]

i have a feeling they leaked on purpose jsut so they can hurt the fansub community even more....cause honestly...you would have to be a pretty bored hacker to do that..."So you are saying the hacker ignored all your bank account numbers and whatnot and just stole an ep of anime....uh huh yeah *gavel sound* case closed...no pun intended"

[Kuwabara 758]

i have a feeling they leaked on purpose jsut so they can hurt the fansub community even more....cause honestly...you would have to be a pretty bored hacker to do that..."So you are saying the hacker ignored all your bank account numbers and whatnot and just stole an ep of anime....uh huh yeah *gavel sound* case closed...no pun intended"

LMAO!!! So true, if I were the one who hacked it, I'd be rolling in a lot of dough! Instead of watching one, One Piece episode LOL!!!

[Sledgstone 8,672]

i have a feeling they leaked on purpose jsut so they can hurt the fansub community even more....cause honestly...you would have to be a pretty bored hacker to do that..."So you are saying the hacker ignored all your bank account numbers and whatnot and just stole an ep of anime....uh huh yeah *gavel sound* case closed...no pun intended"

You make a good point.

[Ladywriter 7,783]

Its like the USA is going out of its way to block and/or ruin OP

Why?

It doesn't have anything to do with the story revolving around the bringing down of the oppressive World Government ne?

Neo cons fear Oda! Monkey D Luffy will inspire us all to say no to the NWO

maybe....

[Sledgstone 8,672]

Click this link to read the interview ANN had with funimation. Seem like OP will still be streamed.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2009-06-05/funimation-discusses-leaked-episodes