Agitoon: A Webtoon Arrest Story

[@genzhours9466]

South Korean police when somebody gets brutally slaughtered: South Korean police when somebody pirates drawings: AYO?!?!

[@roygbiv9038]

South Korea when a guy stalks and/rapes a woman: South Korea when someone pirates a WEBTOON about someone who stalks and rapes women: 😡👮🏻‍♀️

[@DeletedSince.2020]

brutal murder is a victimless crime to the eyes of the Samsung Republic. Of course they would prioritize their corporate sponsors first and foremost. Why would any government prioritize the 99% who own 1% of the nation? When they could prioritize the 1% who own the entire country.

[@Randomperson-yr3gp]

The UK is the same

[@TheSutanian]

The cartoon dimensional merge is happening. And things are changing rapidly.

[@eliescobis9922]

i like how this is just so cartoonishly evil that it's kinda hard to believe

[@shipper-of-heart8898]

When I clicked on this, I was expecting someone getting arrested over a webtoon they drew for some reason

[@Olafemi96]

Same 😂

[@Wishingstarmik0]

Me too

[@Jakepearl13]

Thought it was rooftop swordsman’s writer

[@matthewbrown2500]

Same here

[@randomrants148]

When I mean real person you are drawing a real person into your webtoon than it should count as a crime.

[@acutelilmint8035]

Ironically piracy is how korea and japan media got international

[@valentinaapm]

TRUE!

[@besanayan5717]

True

[@i_draw_whatever18]

They should embrace it if anything

[@marocat4749]

yeah its better wquality than webtoon too probably

[@definitely_just_floating]

⁠@@marocat4749Dawg the pirate sites offer better translations than official translator scans💀

[@WolftheAqua]

All I'm thinking is " *FBI OPEN UP STOP POSTING HENTAI ON WEBTOON* "

[@kyrohowe3156]

Good one!

[@randomrants148]

I was expecting like lolicon content.

[@kyrohowe3156]

@@randomrants148 💀💀💀

[@randomrants148]

@@kyrohowe3156 Why the skulls?

[@dandymaiden]

If only they took their murder and bully crimes as seriously as this

[@definitely_just_floating]

Fr the bullying is CRAZY

[@cc_the_rebel]

And the SA cases too

[@puplvr6639]

" _Copyright Crime Special Unit_ ". I think a country (especially S. Korea) should have more important things to worry about than under-the-table cheesy romance distribution. First time I've seen Japan not be so draconic over copyright in comparison.

[@sauwsome]

imagine your job is to arrest people who wanted to read the sailor moon manga lol.

[@badbuddy0934]

This sound as absurd as the anime about government ban lewd thing

[@scatmanjohnfan22]

People that own cp get less harsh pubishment than this 😒

[@juanjorge751]

I mean if you have money, are handsome (Kpopers) or you belong on a chaebol's family your are fine, if not you cooked.

[@randomrants148]

That is true you get harsh punishment for drawing cartoons than owning that disgusting shit!

[@sweethistortea]

I thought it would be someone getting arrested over a freaky webtoon they made.

[@jacksonconnell]

I was expecting to laugh when seeing the thumbnail and title. I’m now just surprised and impressed by how serious this whole event was. That was something 😐

[@eltonbormes]

To anyone who thinks Korea hates piracy, read the story about how the movie Snowpiercer was made, and you will see their problem is only when their stuff is pirated.

[@shijimuh]

To quote Gaben, "Piracy is almost always a service problem, not a pricing problem. If a pirate offers a product anywhere in the world, 24 x 7, purchasable from the convenience of your personal computer, and the legal provider says the product is region-locked, will come to your country 3 months after the US release, and can only be purchased at a brick and mortar store, then the pirate's service is more valuable."

[@MightGuy15]

Oh my god, you weren't joking.They don't mess around

[@smallsnowball2689]

Anti-preservation at its finest. Also, the international audience wouldn't have known about most manhwa if not for these sites. Webtoon uploading more KR works on the EN platform is only a recent development to accompany this operation.

[@FreiWraithborne]

RIP king piracy is a service issue

[@annamav9700]

I agree. I wouldn't be able to buy all the manhwas I like, because most of them are not on webtoon/not published in my country. What else can I do lmao

[@shiguriyamamo6730]

It's already so hard to get into webtoons or other Korean sites if it isn't something already popular like solo leveling. If anything this just makes it much harder for them to make money xD

[@RKNancy]

I almost try out all the garbage regression stories on piracy sites because I don't want to give even views and ad revenue to these webtoon farms.

[@bettyadamsoveranalyzes]

As DC's the Joker once said. "Hey, Batman is one thing. I might be crazy, but not even I am going to go against the IRS!"

[@theavatarprincessprime]

Prisoner One: *So, what are you in for?* Prisoner Two: *I pirated Web Comics.* Prisoner One: *Get away from me, you monster!*

[@sonloto]

My two cents on piracy. It is something that's effects ultimately vary depending on the company/groups affected. The government did go a little overkill, but I slightly understand. On the other hand, it has helped to preserve media that would've been lost otherwise.

[@JamiraToast]

Piracy is always morally right unless its indie games

[@sonloto]

​@@JamiraToast That was the point I was trying to make. It's like shoplifting a small business.

[@jartecus]

@@JamiraToast or any indie media in general, indie comics included.

[@vh4990]

Special Combat Units for Copyright Infringement is wild.

[@driddick7361]

I mean....Wouldn't piracy just be free advertisement at this point?

[@cyberdemonic260]

4:17 you had it right the first time I think. I’ve heard a lot of people say that is the correct pronunciation

[@mary-annabederman7874]

Sooo Korea takes piracy extremely seriously. Good to know.

[@atree1739]

W korea

[@mirai5451]

While they sleep when a serious crime happens right before their eyes

[@TheWipal]

we've lost a piller, SIGHS.

[@ForTheJerusalem]

Piracy is a skill issue, this tells a lot about korea.

[@cake_0078]

That wasn't on my 2024 bingo card

[@KitsuManko]

The internet is no longer free and it saddens me.

[@zarks-heroes]

Bro it was never safe in the first place

[@KitsuManko]

@@zarks-heroes dude, i said 'free'. Are you capable of reading?...

[@zarks-heroes]

@ did I asked?

[@KitsuManko]

@@zarks-heroes but why did you reply about something unrelated to my comment?... You think you're being clever here?. Use your brain.

[@gonnacry5077]

​​@@zarks-heroes free and safe are two different things. If you didn't know that you need to go back to school

[@Nisyasanimationarchive]

What a way to end this year

[@Caitemis]

Unironically a very educational video, interesting to see how foreign countries approach copyright and why

[@s1hr1imp]

nice to know the government cares about the important stuff

[@DaniMartVTen]

Unionization. Artists should assemble and organize for freedom of creativity and open market access. Like it or not, without the piracy platforms, there is no global distribution of digital art. The only way that changes is for art unions to make content deals with international distributors, which can include the already established piracy platforms, so official platforms have to get competitive! That's far superior to massive multi-government crackdowns on small-time options. We shouldn't be nuking bedroom computers going into 2025?

[@KazeShikamaru]

Bro Japan legit had went nuclear destroying illegal websites. A lot of them were famous too.

[@bananechoc-1p5]

We lost a good one. Cheers for the fallen heroes.

[@animehybrid7021]

This is really dumb, Korea needs to focus more on Jonny more then this

[@Fruad_jo]

Somali is not the main focus of the country because he’s a minor problem. He’s not causing people to lose their entire income and they already have him. There’s no point in rushing otherwise there could be cracks or gaps in their defense which can let Jonny off free. This takes more importance because it’s taking away the livelyhoods of these authors so Korea has to take action

[@isistaples3202]

or TLDR: he's disrespectful and disgusting but he didn't steal anyone's shit

[@animehybrid7021]

@@Fruad_jo this is not how you combat piracy.

[@animehybrid7021]

@isistaples3202 if he was to get away with his actions it would cause a severe hit in south korea's tourist income and reputation.

[@Fruad_jo]

@@animehybrid7021 I’m not saying this is right I’m saying Somali shouldn’t be the main focus of the country

[@HersheyLaabs]

the first few seconds made me laugh out loud and made me surprised my parents didn't tell me to shut up

[@FlameBinder55]

This reminds me of the "You wouldn't steal a car" ad

[@redacted-tn3tp]

Now we just need other countries to do the same thing, but with game piracy

[@topcat59]

Cool vid bro.😺

[@bruhbruhbruh7330]

I'm wondering what got him caught since it seems he took a decent amount of precautions. Are there any follow up articles on this?

[@Whocares-cf1xq]

Erm what the…..?

[@Drixenol86]

Piracy has always been an issue.

[@glitch_hub4569]

WTF!?

[@om58499]

2:10 5:20

[@mrmeckles9422]

Banana

[@jeremiahwalker3795]

First Comment Woo Hoo

[@alexanderfernando2995]

Skill issue

[@MayflowerField]

Ngl this is a joke…..focus on real crimes for actual violent criminals that caused severe trauma not dumb drawings on webtoons….smh silliest use of funds I’ve ever seen. Makes sense tho it’s super easy for them and they don’t have to actually play hero on saving lives…