Copyright and Content Removal

Just to make it simple, if you are the owner off any copyright work, please advice, and contact us, and all the offending works will be removed ^^ with our apologies, we simply don’t have the time to check if a certain product is indeed copyrighted or has become copyrighted, the corresponding text bellow explains in more detail, thank you.

Please note that we do not host any copyrighted content on this website. Our website itself does not contain any copyright material as well as it is against our copyright policy.

However, we are a user driven service and some material might be copyrighted and as such you can request its removal from our website if the copyright holder of the content requests so. To do so, just let us know information below, thank you:

* You are, or your company is, the copyright holder of the content in question.
* You provide the exact URLs of the material in question, not complete (sub)categories or search queries.
* You provide the complete name(s) of the content in question.
* You send the removal request using a verifiable email address (e.g. address@yourname/yourcompany.com).

Please send your requests at hentaiotakus (at) gmail (dot) com

Terms And Conditions

HentaiOtaku is an anime and hentai fan site and is a non-profit website dedicated to serving visitors with quality written anime, hentai and futanari news, reviews, interviews. Use of the HentaiOtaku website shows that you are agreeing to the terms listed on this page, along with the terms located on our Legal Disclaimer page. HentaiOtaku reserves the right to make modifications to any of these policies at any time without notice to it’s visitor’s.

Media Downloading

1. You are welcome to download media as it is made available.

2. You must have in your possession the original material.

3. If you do not have the original in your possession, delete it within 24 hours.

4. HentaiOtaku and all associated are not responsible for your actions.

5. HentaiOtaku is not responsible for action taken against you.

News Updates

The news that is on our main page is our own site news. We kindly ask that if you take any of our news updates please put a source citation linking to us. We provide source citations if the news comes from a different site so we’ll expect the same from you.

Contributor Submissions

If you are interested in submitting art, stories, music videos etc. that deals with anime by all means please do. To submit your work please send an email to the webmaster. Once we recieve your work you will be credited for it. In no means will HentaiOtaku take claim of ownership of your submitted work. We honor the contributions that is submitted to us.

Layout, Coding, and Content

By visiting and using HentaiOtaku we expect that you agree to respect the time and effort we took in creating an original anime website. Therefore, please do not use any of our layout, coding, and content with out written consent from the webmaster.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

WARNING
Business is unpredictable and unsafe. The Internet is dangerous. Many blogs have been written about these dangers, and there’s no way we can list them all here. Read the blogs.

The Internet is covered in slippery slopes with loose, slippery and unpredictable footing. The RIAA can make matters worse. Patent trolls are everywhere. You may fall, be spammed or suffer a DOS attack. There are hidden viruses and worms. You could break your computer. There is wild code, which may be vicious, poisonous or carriers of dread malware. These include viruses and worms. E-mail can be poisonous as well. We don’t do anything to protect you from any of this. We do not inspect, supervise or maintain the Internet, blogsphere, ISP’s or other features, natural or otherwise.

Real dangers are present even on the Web. E-commerce is not the mall. It can be, and is, steep, slippery and dangerous. Web features made or enhanced by humans, such as firewalls and spam filters (if any) can break, collapse, or otherwise fail catastrophically at any time. We don’t promise to inspect, supervise or maintain them in any way. They may be negligently constructed or repaired. The web is unsafe, period. Live with it or stay away.

Stay on trusted sites whenever possible. The terrain, in addition to being dangerous, is surprisingly complex. You may get lost. Carry food, water and an APU at all times.

Ads for things you don’t want and other objectionable content can arrive from nowhere. This can happen naturally, or be caused by people around you that are being used as bots. Spam and disgusting images of all sizes, including huge images, can arrive, or pop-up with no warning. Use of spam filters is advised for anyone approaching the Internet. They can be purchased or rented from us. They won’t save you if you get hit by something big or on a port you left open. A whole DOS attack might collapse on you and squash you like a bug. Don’t think it can’t happen.

Public opinion can be dangerous, regardless of the forecast. Be prepared with extra damage control, including press releases. Ticking off the blogsphere can kill you. The Streisand effect can turn a simple nastygram into a deathtrap.

If you make hasty comments about those in high places (making unsupported comments that reduce the image of a person, often posted quickly and without thinking) without proper thought and, or allow your employees to do so, you are making a terrible mistake. Even if you know what you’re doing, lots of things can go wrong and you may be sued for libel. It happens all the time.

We do not provide rangers or security personnel. The other people on the web, including other visitors, our employees, agents, and guests, and anyone else who might sneak in, may be stupid, reckless, or otherwise dangerous. They may be mentally ill, criminally insane, drunk, using illegal drugs and/or armed with deadly malware and ready to use them. We aren’t necessarily going to do anything about it. We refuse to take responsibility.

If you surf at work, you may become pre-occupied with it. This is true whether you are experienced or not, trained or not, equipped or not, though training and equipment may help. It’s a fact, surfing at work is extremely dangerous. If you don’t like it, surf at home. You really shouldn’t be doing it anyway. We do not provide supervision or instruction. We are not responsible for, and do not track how much time you surf at work (although we could if we wanted to.) As far as we know, your employer may find out and send you plunging to unemployment. There are countless tons of loose management staff ready to be dislodged and fall on you or someone else. There are any number of extremely and unusually dangerous conditions existing on and around the Web, and elsewhere on the Internet. We may or may not know about any specific hazard, but even if we do, don’t expect us to try to warn you. You’re on your own.

Rescue services are not provided by us, and may not be available quickly or at all. Local computer geeks may not be equipped for or trained in hard drive recovery. If you are lucky enough to have somebody try to get rid of a virus or find that deleted file, they may be incompetent or worse. This includes your local computer store. We assume no responsibility. Also, if you decide to participate in a rescue of some other unfortunate, that’s your choice. Don’t do it unless you are willing to assume all risks.

By entering our site, you are agreeing that we owe you no duty of care or any other duty. We promise you nothing. We do not and will not even try to keep the premises safe for any purpose. The premises are not safe for any purpose. This is no joke. We won’t even try to warn you about any dangerous or hazardous condition, whether we know about it or not. If we do decide to warn you about something, that doesn’t mean we will try to warn you about anything else. If we do make an effort to fix an unsafe condition, we may not try to correct any others, and we may make matters worse! We and our employees or agents may do things that are unwise and dangerous. Sorry, we’re not responsible. We may give you bad advice. Don’t listen to us. In short, ENTER AND USE THIS SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. And have fun!

Copyright notes

This section pertains to information regarding licensed works and their legality. HentaiOtaku is subject to various laws and restrictions imposed by several International and U.S. Codes. Furthermore, HentaiOtaku respects the wishes and license of American companies. This is why HentaiOtaku has a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to licensed materials. All such materials must cease distribution as soon as the license has been made official and public. Fansubs in themselves are illegal, testing our luck when a work has been licensed in our country is asking for trouble.

Even though HentaiOtaku members don’t reside on the United States, their web servers do, it can be seen as facilitating and encouraging such distribution, and we would be held fully responsible.

In a more detailed note, we will outline several of the laws regarding this topic for your perusal.

17 USC Title 17 (U.S. Copyright Code)

17.1.106 (paraphrased): The owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to do and authorize the following:

1) Reproduce the work in copies

2) Prepare derivative works

“…the fair use of a copyrighted work, (…) for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”

This means that only the owner/creator has the right to reproduce (copy or distribute) any of their works. It also includes ‘derivative’ works which means, anything made from the original is also covered under this. Essentially this means that Fansubs, which are a derivative of the original work, cannot be distributed without the exclusive consent of the copyright owner. Derivative works can also include screenshots, movie clips, and music videos using the works.

Many people try to state that fansubbing is included under ‘fair use’, however it is very specific as to what constitutes ‘fair use’ and translations are not.

Berne Convention Article 2 – Literary and Artistic Works Covered

2.1 The expression “literary and artistic works” shall include every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression, such as books, pamphlets and other writings; lectures, addresses, sermons and other works of the same nature; dramatic or dramatico-musical works; choreographic works and entertainments in dumb show; musical compositions with or without words; cinematographic works to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to cinematography; works of drawing, painting, architecture, sculpture, engraving and lithography; photographic works to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to photography; works of applied art; illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, architecture or science.

2.6 The works mentioned in this article shall enjoy protection in all countries of the Union. This protection shall operate for the benefit of the author and his successors in title.

This essentially states that the work of an author in any nation who signed the convention, is protected in every nation under the convention. See below for an entire list of nations included in the convention where these laws apply.

Berne Convention Article 8 – Translation

8.0 Authors of literary and artistic works protected by this Convention shall enjoy the exclusive right of making and of authorizing the translation of their works throughout the term of protection of their rights in the original works.

Translating the works themselves is an exclusive right of the copyright owner. However recent law suggests that the actual translation of dialogue isn’t necessarily illegal, the joining of the translation to the video/audio is. This is still unconfirmed however.

Berne Convention Article 9 – Reproduction

9.1 Authors of literary and artistic works protected by this Convention shall have the exclusive right of authorizing the reproduction of these works, in any manner or form.

9.3 Any sound or visual recording shall be considered as a reproduction for the purposes of this Convention.

Copying and or distributing such works are illegal. This means raws are illegal. Sending it to your friends is illegal.

Berne Convention Article 12 – Right of Adaptation

12.0 Authors of literary or artistic works shall enjoy the exclusive right of authorizing adaptations, arrangements and other alterations of their works.

Many people believe that by changing the original work, means it’s a completely different work. This is wrong.

Berne Convention Article 14 – Cinematographic Rights

14.1 Authors of literary or artistic works shall have the exclusive right of authorizing:

[i] the cinematographic adaptation and reproduction of these works, and the distribution of the works thus adapted or reproduced;

[ii] the public performance and communication to the public by wire of the works thus adapted or reproduced.

14.2 The adaptation into any other artistic form of a cinematographic production derived from literary or artistic works shall, without prejudice to the authorization of the author of the cinematographic production, remain subject to the authorization of the authors of the original works.

This states that they control the rights to public display.

Berne Convention Article 16 – Seizure of Infringing Works

16.1 Infringing copies of a work shall be liable to seizure in any country of the Union where the work enjoys legal protection.

Many people try to argue that without an actual company in the country of which the illegal act is taking place, that nothing can happen, however this clause proves this wrong.

Does the Berne Convention apply to my country?

As of September 2004, the following states/countries are covered under the Berne Convention:

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles, ierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.