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They stab at thee

April 27, 2009 by David Welsh

This is what I get for dawdling in checking my Google news feeds. Big news from UPI, but what exactly does it mean?

“Shogakukan Inc. said by offering an authorized version of the Japanese language comics online, it hopes to limit the spread of illegal copies of its comic books in Europe and the United States, Japan Today said Sunday.”

Is Rin-Ne just the beginning?

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