Anime Uploaders Upped Over 9,000 Episodes

Remember those guys from Japan who were busted for uploading animes through the Winny file-sharing network? We didn't quite grasp the extent of their piracy deeds at the time, but now ANN has an update on this story, saying that the two uploaders had even more charges stuffed up their ass by the Kyoto Police. All in all, they are accused of having uploaded over 9,000 anime episodes (yeah, literally!), since the autumn 2003.

"The police say that Sakai (ed. - uploader #1) violated Japan's Copyright Law by uploading around 5,700 episodes from about 230 titles from the fall of 2003 until this past January. The authorities further allege that Ikema (ed. - uploader #2) uploaded around 3,500 episodes from about 170 titles in the same timeframe. For example, the two are accused of uploading the second episode of the Kimikiss pure rouge anime series on October 14 of last year. According to an affidavit, the two are said to have performed these alleged actions because they "wanted to be appreciated [by the users]"."

And appreciated they were... Well, we wish them good luck with the soap!