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Several cities in China, including Beijing, have banned Death Note due to students creating their own Death Note replicas.
 
Several cities in China, including Beijing, have banned Death Note due to students creating their own Death Note replicas.
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===Plagiarism===
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===Plagiarism Scandals===
 
Megabaka, a manga by Naka Gomura and published by [[Kodansha]], allegedly contained images [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] from Death Note. The publisher apologized, withdrew the manga from its website, and disqualified the manga for an award.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2007-12-22/shonen-magazine-editors-apologize-for-death-note-plagiarism Kodansha Editors Apologize for Death Note Plagiarism (Updated)]</ref>
 
Megabaka, a manga by Naka Gomura and published by [[Kodansha]], allegedly contained images [[Plagiarism|plagiarized]] from Death Note. The publisher apologized, withdrew the manga from its website, and disqualified the manga for an award.<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2007-12-22/shonen-magazine-editors-apologize-for-death-note-plagiarism Kodansha Editors Apologize for Death Note Plagiarism (Updated)]</ref>
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Rapper "Soulja Boy" has been accused of sampling Near's musical theme from the Death Note anime, sampling that was allegedly both uncredited and too extensive to avoid being plagiarism. <ref>[http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/05/27/rapper-soulja-boy-rips-off-death-note/ Rapper "Soulja Boy" Rips Off Death Note]</ref>
    
==References==
 
==References==
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