Laws about BT
Does any one know the laws about sharing unlicensed anime through BT? Can you give me some type of reference to the actual text? My school is trying to crack down on BT and P2P file sharing because it is a violation of copy right laws. Adult swim is a farce of anime (with all the editing that they do) and it is soon going to be my only source if they have their way.
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The distribution of copyrited material (without permission) is illegal regardless of who owns the copyrite and what the material is. The shows that are fansubbed are copyrite the company that made the show. The distribution of these is illegal regardless the method. It just looks legal as people turn a blind eye to fansubbing. It can't be given legitimacy without giving it to bootlegs as well, and that is the problem.
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You may want to look at the AnimeSuki Licensed Anime page as well as this thread from the old forum, Legal issues concerning fansubbing.
And to put it in context of unlicensed anime, it is a violation of copyright laws. So is illegal. |
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I'm sure Microlith will post something about damning licnesed anime leechers. |
Lambda said it all, even if almost all the user of this kind software use it to download illegal stuff, the software by itself isn't an illegal one.
Btw unlicensed or licensed anime are both illegal, the unlicensed fansub is tolerated, not legal. |
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just use a computer at home and solve all your problems
Adult Swim isn't that bad, a lot of people working at CN LOVED FLCL so it turns out the editing job isn't as bad as some others (i think there's just a curse blip, some extra censory on Naota's dad, and the very end of ep. 6 is cut out for time's sake) |
As many said before the software is NOt illegal. Why? Because may be u want to make ur ..i dont know...graduation, or a song u wrote, into a BT file or P2P file and share it with others for whatever reasons.
Some of the files transfered are legal some are not. That is all. Why would a school want to deal with this? May be Im not getting something....what, somebody scanned their homework on p2p and teachers are trying to stop them? :D |
Schools are not responsible for what their students share. Most of the time schools crack down on file sharing apps, it's because they want to conserve bandwidth.
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school computers are for school work. So whether it is legal or not is not their concern, you shouldn't be using it to download anime. Just like playing games on computers at school is frowned upon (unless you're the lab assistant :) )
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This is one of the few times I have to agree with Lambda. P2p applications in themselves are not illegal well except for Kazaa lite. It's just that 95% of the material being transferred on them is copyrighted. For most schools it is easier just to block the ports that p2p applications use than try to sort out who is doing what and also protect themselves from being sued by the MPAA and RIAA. Well its either Adult Swim or buy your anime then.
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Of course, The Triad are just a fun loving group of individuals who reputation was ruined by the liberal media. What's wrong with going down to your local Suncoast or buying anime from places like bestprices.com or animenation.com?
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Well the poster said his age or if he was in college or not, so you can't say for certain what venue he is talking about. Judging by his username and assuming the normal tendencies of using your birth year I guess he is in college.
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