"Declan Murphy" wrote ...
> 
> It doesn't matter. They own the content. It is their asset, they paid
> for it, rewarding the original creator in the process, and they
> shouldn't be held to ransom by pirates - whether said pirates be deluded
> nerds, idiots or otherwise. 

On the 'deluded nerds' front I know of around a dozen cases where 
fansub groups have been sent 'cease and desist' emails regarding
anime that has been licensed or 'prelicensed' for distrubution in the USA.  
(Usually fansub groups stop before being asked in such cases, but there 
are cases like a*i*e j*n*i*e* having to be thwapped round the ear a few 
times before cooperating).

I vaguely recall one incident where I think the anime may not have been
licensed as above.  

Obviously this doesn't make fansubs any less illegal, as all non-
deluded nerds realise, however it does provide a slight indication as to 
the inclinations of the companies who actually stand to lose money (or 
not) due to the actions of fansubbers.

Now if you insist on looking for other interpretations such email 
requests are almost always from the company / branch that's going
to be doing the distrubution outside of Japan. _Not_ the Japanese
companies who made / distributed it in Japan in the first place.
So you could just interpret this as companies in Japan not caring 
what happens outside of Japan while companies like "ADV Films" 
only get involved when it's already 'their' anime.