Reasons for termination of Jane Style's 5 channel response are 'deprivation of advertising space', 'trademark infringement trial', and 'existence of Q Anon bulletin board 8kun'
From July 10, 2023, it has become
Notice regarding the end of support for 5ch.net and support for Talk | Jane Co., Ltd.
http://janesoft.net/news/20230712.html
It is said that Jane Co., Ltd. provides the API server used by 5-channel dedicated browsers (special bras) for reading and writing, including Jane Style, and that API server can also be used in this case. It is gone, and 5ch is no longer seen from exclusive bras other than Jane Style.
According to Mr. Ryota Yamashita of Jane Co., Ltd., Jane was entrusted with the management of a domestic sales agent of 5-channel paid membership service Ronin and a developer of a dedicated browser using 5ch API. In addition, TK Technology, which Mr. Yamashita serves as representative, was a primary advertising agency that handled all 5 channel advertisements.
However, for three reasons, he decided to dissolve the relationship with Loki Technology, which operates 5ch, and end support for 5ch.
The first reason given by Mr. Yamashita is the ' problem of deprivation of advertising space .'
According to Mr. Yamashita, TK Technology has long been requested by Loki Technology to increase the remittance amount of advertising fees, but it has not been realized due to the decrease in PV of 5 Channel, deterioration of market conditions, depreciation of the yen, etc. . In addition, Loki Technology was asking for a price increase and more ad slots for Ronin.
Perhaps because the request was not accepted, Loki Technology will remove all 5ch ad slots managed by T.K. Replaced with management ad space. On top of that, it seems that Jim Watkins has notified TK Technology that he will end the relationship.
The second reason given by Mr. Yamashita is ' losing the trademark infringement lawsuit .'
5-channel is a bulletin board that Jim Watkins acquired and renamed 2-channel (2ch.net), which was managed by Hiroyuki (Hiroyuki Nishimura).
In developing business with Mr. Watkins, Mr. Yamashita said that he had received an explanation that `` Mr. Watkins has legitimate rights to operate 5 Channel '', but this is false and Mr. Watkins It states that there are doubts about the legitimacy of 5-channel operation.
The flow of the trial is detailed in the article written by Kiyoshi Kurihara, a patent attorney.
2 Channel Trademark Right Trial Summary (Kiyoshi Kurihara)-Individual-Yahoo! News
The third reason is ' coexistence with 8kun service '. '8kun (8chan)' is an anonymous bulletin board service, and has become a den of white supremacists and conspiracy theorists ' QAnon (QAnon) '. According to Mr. Yamashita, Mr. Watkins was planning to manage and operate 5ch and 8kun at the data center under construction, and Mr. Yamashita said that the existence of 8kun would affect the system stability and advertisement of 5ch. was worried that there would be problems.
Mr. Yamashita apologized for the sudden termination of sales of 5-channel's paid membership service Ronin due to the termination of the business relationship, and although all sales have been transferred to Loki Technology, if you wish, Jane said it would act responsibly.
Regarding the bulletin board 'Talk', which Jane Style is making a new connection, Mr. Yamashita said that Mr. Masa, the representative of Talk Technologies, the management company, has no unreasonable restrictions on writing, and it is a comfortable system that responds to vandalism with the system and human power. He explains that after hearing the idea of creating a bulletin board and empathizing with him, he decided to build a cooperative relationship.
In addition, Mr. Yamashita denied Loki Technology's claim that ``Jane manages the 5ch API and excludes development applicants,'' and Mr. Watkins ``does not allow developers who do not provide personal information to provide APIs. 'According to the policy, API usage permission was issued to limited developers.
The iOS dedicated bra `` mae2ch '' developer has clarified on the official support bulletin board that there was a prior explanation to other developers about ending support for 5ch.
Ver7.0.1 update information
https://mae2c.com/test/read.php/board/1689207822/
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