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.
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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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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