Mainichi
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/news/20050913p2a00m0et014000c.html
Business.com
http://www.business.com/directory/media_and_entertainment/avex_inc/
Jeremy Douglass (blog)
http://wrt.ucr.edu/wordpress/2005/09/16/two-character-art-cats/
H.Q. BBS at 2ch (Japanese only)
http://aa5.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/mona/1126779292/l50
Update tips
http://monseurmonar.tripod.com/saveourbelovedmonar/
Comprehend "Noma-Neko" case in 5 minutes
http://jns.ixla.jp/users/j200116605167366/5minutesE.htm
Pictures
http://0bbs.jp/nomaneko/img0_145
http://0bbs.jp/nomaneko/img0_18
http://0bbs.jp/nomaneko/img0_504
If you have anything to ask, please come our home BBS
http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/news/2729/1126769100/l10
English is OK and someone could be available.
sugoi sugoi
>>101
Wait, wasn't this already confirmed?
What about the sales of the Nomaneko plushies? Will Avex continue this?
Right. Not yet settled.
They said withdraw, but not yet confirmed.
Sales not stoped.
Media says so, but President was not apologised.
Seems they did a lot and and Netizens still claimed, but truth is, nothing has done.
The company will make another announcement after the weekend (means nest Tuesday). We should see it.
(´･ω･) I was in Akihabara today and there were like three 2ch-ers protesting against Nomaneko outside the train station.
There was also this -> http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/5911/nomanoma5fe.jpg
Trip for the death threats has been clarified.
#antiavex
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.| Picture time! http://www.wakachan.org/os/res/11769.html
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This is Nomeneko! ∧＿∧
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This is Monar! ∧＿∧ ／￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
（ ´∀｀）＜ Was the permission of Omaira and Netts Japan obtained? Probably not!
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COPYRIGHT 2005 NETTS JAPAN CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
COPYRIGHT 2005 OMAEMONA ALMOST RESERVERD.
<丶｀∀´> Coming up next: Original content from Korea, nida nida! kekeke
↑ Question: Who are Omaira and Netts Japan? How are they relevant in this?
Netts Japan
http://www.darkstory.jp/event/050921_evt5.asp
Guess, Netts Japan (game selling company) took monar for it, as a company. avex took noma neko to it, as a company.
"Omaira, netizens usage as omaera" means "you are" or "you guys". In this case, 2ch net users.
>>110
I am not sure I understood correctly.
Netts Japan is a company who sells games and somehow included Monar in their games?
Or did they include Monar as a mascot of sorts?
And they did not change the name of Monar to something else?
And did they claim copyright to Monar?
Lastly, has this been a recent thing or did this happen a long time ago? If it happened some time before the Avex thing, whatever did 2channelers do about it?
Hm, I wanted to ask the same questions on http://jbbs.livedoor.jp/bbs/read.cgi/news/2729/1126769100/l10
but I got this error:
ホスト規制中!
Dunno why, I was able to write in there earlier...
Also, I just realized that "Noma" is simply an anagram of "Mona"...
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VIPPERS are pretty awesome.
Currently, they have the 375th thread on the Nomaneko/Avex issue going on:
http://ex11.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/news4vip/1128929370/
Remember that each 2ch thread only goes up to 1000 replies. That's 375,000 posts on the VIP board only about this issue. Imagine that!
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>>112
ホスト規制中 means "The host is being restricted"
means someone did something bad through the host and traffic has been restricted. Took someday to revcover.
>>111
Guess, Netts Japan did right thing for 2ch. It was a collaboration with Netts and 2ch. Press released on Sept 20th. Netts is proper, avex didi was conqueror.
>>116-117
Thanks for clearing that up!
Yesterday, avex announced and we are checking, agian.
Now, this thread is in a "cease-fire" mode, again.
It seems we won.
avex;
Stopped license;pict (9/30)
Apologized (10/14)
Announced license charge withdrawal (10/14)
Stopped selling "Noma Neko" goods at their site (10/14)
*Taito sells goods and license charge will be taken as their profit. Someone complains that amount must go to someshere for disaster healing.
Now, avex, there is no reason to be targeted.
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>>120
TOTAL VICTORY!!
I don't see an English story yet on Google News.
We still have to come up with a Wikipedia entry for this...
Okay, okay, me first then.
Info that would be needed (that I can think of from the top of my head):
When was the flash first linked from 2channel?
When did Avex first sell the OZONE CD with the flash on it?
When exactly did Avex come up with "Nomaneko"?
I guess most of these questions can be fetched from the Japanese Wikipedia entry for "Nomaneko"...
I'll just link it for now:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AE%E3%81%BE%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B3
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Somebody wrote a little bit about this in the MONA article on Wikipedia, maybe it can be incorporated into the 2channel article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_%28ASCII_art%29
Outsider confirmed "Nomaneko" license withdrawal was dated Oct. 3rd and accepted by officails on the same date.
(Japanese)
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/protectmona/imgs/e/a/ea075f55.jpg
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