August 14th, 2008
Showgate Inc. sues Singapore Anime downloaders on TheNewPaper 14 Aug 2008
Last year, it was local animation company Odex who started the mass sending of love letters demanding for compensation from Anime downloaders who download they listed as licensed. One year later, Japan Animation Company ‘Showgate Inc.‘(Former Toshiba Inc.) requested Rajah & Tann(law firm in Singapore) to send a legal letter to anime downloaders in Singapore on Aug 8th 2008. Toshiba Entertainment Inc. is one of the AVPAS(Anti-Video Piracy Association (Singapore)) partners. Other Anime Companies like Geneon Entertainment Inc. also sends similar letters earlier due to consent by Odex.
One of the letters that has been send out: