(L) Sword Art Online - Light Novel Discussion

[Javiersansano]

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

Check the main page of Baka Tsuki, folks.

It's clearly wrong for people to copy what translators like you spend hours and hours to complete, and sell it. I hope that your warning will be listened, and that the translation of volume 10 doesn't get nuked (I liked your use of the word).

And just out of curiosity... how the heck did you discover that people was selling printings of baka-tsuki translations of SAO?

[XxSleepyxX]

Great... Sao's getting nuked. The second great catastrophe being Shana geting licensed. Removed. Than delicensed :/.

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

why are people buying stuff available for free?

Cause a lot of people don't know how to use the interwebs? A lot of people pay for fansubs and don't even know about fansubs.

Originally Posted by Javiersansano

It's clearly wrong for people to copy what translators like you spend hours and hours to complete, and sell it. I hope that your warning will be listened, and that the translation of volume 10 doesn't get nuked (I liked your use of the word).

And just out of curiosity... how the heck did you discover that people was selling printings of baka-tsuki translations of SAO?

Its not hard. You can probably find people selling pirated copies of fansubbed anime. <= Mainly done in china btw.

[Javiersansano]

Originally Posted by Xellos-_^

why are people buying stuff available for free?

probably because they simply have no ideas that it is available for free.

[Hell_ping]

Originally Posted by Javiersansano

It's clearly wrong for people to copy what translators like you spend hours and hours to complete, and sell it. I hope that your warning will be listened, and that the translation of volume 10 doesn't get nuked (I liked your use of the word).

And just out of curiosity... how the heck did you discover that people was selling printings of baka-tsuki translations of SAO?

Let's just say that the alternate forums has been complaining to us about how some people are blatantly selling stuff on other forums while the mods aren't doing anything about it. It's on our facebook page, btw. I just thought I needed to flex a little muscle here...

[Saf4]

So just because of some guy from my country, volume 9 was removed from baka-tsuki?
Can we even still hope for volume 10 to be translated?
Oh god, why not just kill that person who tend to sell free stuff that available on internet...

Originally Posted by Javiersansano

And just out of curiosity... how the heck did you discover that people was selling printings of baka-tsuki translations of SAO?

He must have much free time to check every forum on internet. I'm from indonesia, and I'm a member in indowebster. But I didn't even know about that stuff, until I visited the SAO LN thread. And saw tehping posts.

[Deltaray]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM

[Netto Azure]

Huh. So wait, the whole fandom suffers because of this?

My stomach just literally churns and my heart feels quite heavy.

[Sekiryuutei]

I'd like to apologize on the behalf of my fellow country man.. I know it's not much but I felt really ashamed when I heard the news.. Even when you consider that the use of internet wasn't widespread in Indonesia

[Rennir]

Couldn't find the announcement on BT, but if you guys haven't contacted the authorities/stopped the people who are selling the English translations, wouldn't taking down volumes 9 and 10 online just increase their sales?

[Hell_ping]

Oh, I just personally went down to their forums to demand that they take them down, though with some language barriers...

[XxSleepyxX]

Originally Posted by Rennir

Couldn't find the announcement on BT, but if you guys haven't contacted the authorities/stopped the people who are selling the English translations, wouldn't taking down volumes 9 and 10 online just increase their sales?

In actuality translating light novels isn't all that legal in the first place. Only the publishers have the right to DMCA. The only problem is whoever selling this is going to cause a problem for B-T. Publishers are going to start to think that B-T is selling translated versions of their novels and they might sue.

[styr]

Except that B-T takes down a series when it gets licensed... (I believe it does)

[kivredia]

Well, sad to hear its gone but understandable. Guess we can put SOA LNs on "hiatus".

Couldn't finde the moon channel facebook page, anyone has a link?

[Hell_ping]

...Inb4 death threats again...

[Sekiryuutei]

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

Oh, I just personally went down to their forums to demand that they take them down, though with some language barriers...

That was cool
and please spare DxD from your wrath

[Rennir]

Cached version is still up...for now

[Utsuro no Hako]

Originally Posted by Rennir

Couldn't find the announcement on BT, but if you guys haven't contacted the authorities/stopped the people who are selling the English translations, wouldn't taking down volumes 9 and 10 online just increase their sales?

Well it's not like the ebook files are going to disappear from torrents -- you can still find the BT versions of Haruhi Suzumiya out there, and that got taken down years ago.

Originally Posted by styr

Except that B-T takes down a series when it gets licensed... (I believe it does)

Publishers can still go after them for unlicensed books. I know Square Enix made MangaFox remove a bunch of titles that have no official English version. About the worst thing that could happen to BT is for Dengeki Bunko to notice what they're doing and send them a DMCA. Even if they don't seek financial damages, that would leave maybe three novels on BT.

[Deathrip]

Nooooooooooooo T___________T.

Please don't say Volume 10 won't be translated because of this :s?

[deathbringer]

looks like the situation has been resolved
http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/in...:Miscellaneous
but volume 9 is going remain deleted. Not like we not be able to read volume 9 again. There are plenty of pdf versions online and according to Ping serves as a warning.

Originally Posted by Deathrip

Nooooooooooooo T___________T.

Please don't say Volume 10 won't be translated because of this :s?

Of course volume 10 will still be translated but just not by Teh ping and honestly I don't blame him given how some in the fandom have treated him
Given how popular the light novel, is I still expect it will be translated eventually but it won't be translated at Teh Ping's god like speed and that a bits disappointing but it is fine. Translators are doing this for free and they can work on whatever project they want at the pace they want.

To Teh Ping Thanks for translating this series and I hope you can move on another series where your work can appreciated without this much rage when you do something they don't like.

[Xellos-_^]

ah well, i need to brush up on my Chinese anyway.

*goes to read vol10 in Chinese.