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If this is true (and it wouldn't surprise me to learn that K-On had yet another gimmick attached to it's name) then I think it would be the entirely the wrong way to go about an anti-piracy effort for the global market even if it appears to be commercially viable for the Japanese one. People shouldn't be denied the full product as a protective measure, but should have the best possible product with the most options for obtaining it legally made available to them in their region ASAP. Again I realize that otaku don't necessarily care about that sort of thing and will buy anything they like at exorbitant prices, but I'd love to see the same thing pulled in the Region 1 market and how well it goes over. Last edited by Kaioshin Sama; 2009-11-01 at 15:17. |
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The point is that if they want people to stop distributing copies over the internet they need to provide a product that is equally cheap and convenient to access on demand. That's the main advantage that internet distribution has. Consider that things like iTunes and Pandora have done more to reduce the illegal distribution of music online than any court cases.
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2009-11-01, 16:23 | Link #43 | |
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I do agree on the need for official downloadable versions - I've seen what Steam did for PC gaming, after all - I'm just not sure that ad supported is the way to go. Especially since you can fast forward very easily in the average media player. Yeah, you're going to earn a little revenue, but I'm not sure it's really any better than CrunchyRoll's business model is. At least they give people some incentives to subscribe.
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2009-11-01, 16:30 | Link #44 | |
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2009-11-01, 16:42 | Link #45 | |
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(I'm not familiar with Comedy Central's online stuff, since I live a few miles north of the US border and therefore have been locked out of the little bit of stuff I tried.)
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2020-06-06, 17:50 | Link #46 |
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Japan bans pirated manga downloads with copyright control law:
"The Diet on Friday enacted a revised anti-online piracy law to tighten copyright control, banning illicit downloading of manga, magazines and academic texts, in addition to music and videos that were already covered by the existing legislation. The law also regulates “leech websites” that provide users hyperlinks to download so- called torrent files of pirated materials. The ban on illegal downloading will take effect on Jan. 1 next year, while restrictions on leech sites will come into effect on Oct. 1. The law revision came as the country saw a rising number of piracy and leech websites, notably the Mangamura site, which had over 100 million hits a month before being disabled in April 2018, causing an estimated loss of more than ¥300 billion ($2.75 billion) to publishers. Mangamura hosted unauthorized copies of popular manga titles, including “Attack on Titan” and “One Piece.”" See: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/20...ted-manga-ban/ |
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I'm truly grateful for fansubbing because it is one of the main reasons that I watch anime today, altough it is indeed "piracy"
But today we have different platforms where can share these things globally and even if these platforms cost a little bit I think it is important that they exist. Because I love watching anime I also want to help it grow, I don't mind paying for that reason. There are thousands of anime-fans out there, if this can benefit the studios of course they'll try anything to make that possible. |
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I grew up with fansubs, so I'd root for them over something like Crunchyroll taking a whole bunch of broadcast rights or whatever.
Also, frankly, even if more money rolls into the animation companies, I have doubts on who pockets that money.
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BTW I still cannot figure out how Japanese rewatch their anime. If they don't record it when it airs on TV what do they do? Because very few actually buy Blurays often due to how stupidly expensive they are. I guess there's video disc rental but it doesn't seem very popular either....
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2020-06-07, 04:56 | Link #51 |
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Why would you buy something you know nothing about? Here, I've got a box with something inside, will you pay me $300 to find out if what's inside is any good? You'd have to be an idiot to do this.
Piracy is free advertising. It gets the word out that this exists and also whether it is any good. Without knowing both, that it exists and that it is good, I wouldn't purchase anything. But those two things are only necessary for me to buy anything, they are not sufficient. I also need to have enough money, for example. The industry is fighting the flow of time instead of riding the wave. It's a recipe for failure. Especially since in recent years Korea and China have caught up in the Manga space and for China it could be only a matter of time before they catch up in the animation department, too. If those two countries play their cards right, it could lead to the irrelevancy of Manga in the next few decades. It's especially weird, since the gaming industry has already figured out how to utilise micro-transactions to rake in the money. Japan could distribute Manga online and charge per chapter and make more money than they could dream of. Psychologically people are more willing to pay a dollar 150 times than to pay $100 one time. Well, whatever. The same thing happened to American TV makers, who were made irrelevant by the Japanese innovating and producing better TVs back in the days.
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