Japanese court plans to seize control of 2channel
{{date|January 13, 2007}}

[[w:2channel|2channel]], the largest Internet forum in the world and an ISP in [[Japan]], has been shuttered by a Japanese court ruling in a civil slander case. The corporation managing 2channel was declared bankrupt and its assets will be seized. The ISP will close on January 15th, and the future of the famous "mega-BBS" is uncertain.

2channel's operator, [[w:Hiroyuki Nishimura|Hiroyuki Nishimura]], was sued in 2006 by an unnamed 35-year-old office worker who had been made fun of and insulted on one of 2channel's forums. Nishimura moved his operations outside of Japan but did not contest the judge, who awarded the anonymous office worker 5 million yen, to be taken from 2channel's meager holdings within the country, such as its ISP "2channel Provider."

Nishimura issued no official response, but the splash page of 2ch, traditionally featuring a Japanese vase, was given an sarcastic "notice" telling readers that the vase was being repossessed by the Akabane District Court.

2channel was founded in 1999 and currently receives over 2.7 million posts per day from millions of users, mostly in Japan. 2channel is hosted in California but the domain name is registered in Japan.

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*{{source|url=http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/2007_01/t2007011201.html
|title=「２ちゃんねる」閉鎖か　仮差し押さえ請求、再来週にも強制執行
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|pub=ZAKZAK
|date=January 12, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20070112-00000021-imp-sci
|title=「２ちゃんねるプロバイダー」サービス終了
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|pub=impress Watch
|date=January 12, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://isp.2ch.net/close.html
|title=2ちゃんねるプロバイダー　サービス終了のお知らせ
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|pub=2channel ISP
|date=January 12, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0701/12/news070.html
|title=そして2chのトップページに……
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|pub=ITmedia
|date=January 12, 2007}}

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[[Category:Japan]]
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2channel, the largest Internet forum in the world and an ISP in Japan, has been shuttered by a Japanese court ruling in a civil slander case. The corporation managing 2channel was declared bankrupt and its assets will be seized. The ISP will close on January 15th, and the future of the famous "mega-BBS" is uncertain.

2channel's operator, Hiroyuki Nishimura, was sued in 2006 by an unnamed 35-year-old office worker who had been made fun of and insulted on one of 2channel's forums. Nishimura moved his operations outside of Japan but did not contest the judge, who awarded the anonymous office worker 5 million yen, to be taken from 2channel's meager holdings within the country, such as its ISP "2channel Provider."

Nishimura issued no official response, but the splash page of 2ch, traditionally featuring a Japanese vase, was given an sarcastic "notice" telling readers that the vase was being repossessed by the Akabane District Court.

2channel was founded in 1999 and currently receives over 2.7 million posts per day from millions of users, mostly in Japan. 2channel is hosted in California but the domain name is registered in Japan.
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