Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!news.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!Q.T.Honey!diablo.efnet.com!efnet.com!news.zanker.org!news.cambrium.nl!news.cambrium.nl!news2.euro.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!peer-uk.news.demon.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!not-for-mail From: "Paul Blay" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Scanlation Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:48:33 +0100 Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <73fde4f0.0408130544.52ad72e0@posting.google.com> <10k4kp397dcepaa@corp.supernews.com> <4142D082.FD722C3E@yahoo.co.jp> <4143E5EC.63000AC2@yahoo.co.jp> <41442095.A74BC24C@yahoo.co.jp> <41443B7A.2020105@hotmail.com> <414448EC.4435D215@yahoo.co.jp> <41445738.6080203@hotmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: saotome.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1095000395 9904 80.177.16.169 (12 Sep 2004 14:46:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 14:46:35 +0000 (UTC) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:18235 "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.