Comments on: Police arrest 3 people that shared anime on Share

By: Josue

Josue — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:11:35 +0000

YS2YSUOe1cLtf!! wath have u done!! they catch u.. fine.. we’re save
jaja

By: ebear215

ebear215 — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:07:16 +0000

A lot of people seem to be commenting on how these arrests really wont prove any help to the anime industry because it’s taking away American publicity. But you have to remember that these men weren’t arrested because the Anime industry willed it. They violated Japanese law, that’s why the police stepped in. In reality it wouldn’t have mattered if they where uploading Japanese Drama or video games, it all ends with the same consequences.

By: Anime Anonymous Member

Anime Anonymous Member — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:08:35 +0000

@micci
Everyone who disagrees with you is a retard troll? His points were cogent and well made (if not all true, as proved by uinreli), which is more than can be said for someone whose only response to reasoned opposition is an ad hominem attack.

The insult he made use of was logically coherent to my mind, though if one can prove it otherwise then I will happily acquiesce.

@mantzikert
It sucks, but the world does not care. That’s what every argument I can give for why this happens would effectively boil down to.

Equal importance is a lie and companies do not care about anything other than their own profit. These statements are not rhetorical, they are facts - no matter how much they offend your beliefs.

By: mantzikert

mantzikert — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:42:52 +0000

Dudes, i am from Bulgaria. There are allmost no legaly licenzed animes here (Only naruto and pokemon). You can buy anime in USA almost everywhere. But here there is no such thing- no licenzed manga or anime and no merchandize.And no import of it from abroad. -bay and amazon are not widespread And the The only way to watch something fine is to download it via P2P.
If the fansubbing declines it will be something bad in Amerika, But in the small and poor countries it will be a disaster

By: micci

micci — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:00:16 +0000

@unreali
Anonymous is a retard troll, web is full of them.

By: uinreli

uinreli — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:12:37 +0000

@Anonymous

Yes, I’m an idiot - an idiot who actually spends thousands of dollars on merchandise and anime DVDs annually, and an embarrassment to my family because of it. I’m not a freeloader and I’m not foolish enough to think that the typical fansub watcher is going to go buy DVDs in the name of duty and honor. Most of those people would just move on to something else if they were cut off from free anime.

Personally I base my anime purchasing decisions largely on my fansub experiences with a show. I of course still buy shows that I’m not familiar with, but I’m far less likely to take risks there.

All I’m saying is that without fansubs, real awareness of all but the most heavily promoted shows will plummet, and buyers fatigue will increase if people wind up paying money for shows they get sick of halfway in or even sooner. In other words, the classic justification for fansubs… More viewers = more potential buyers, even if the proportion of freeloaders to buyers is 50:1.

Dedicated anime fans are a niche group. I don’t count casual viewers because they were never going to spend much money in the first place. Even in Japan, anime is a niche genre. Would the anime market in Japan continue to do well if almost every show was released in OVA format and there was no way to see a show other than on DVD? Plus OVA shows are usually kept short to sustain viewer interest.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 11 May 2008 03:16:52 +0000

>uinreli
>They’re asking us to buy DVDs without having seen the actual shows, whereas Japanese viewers would presumably have seen it on TV or on DVR or whatever. I don’t think that’s going to help sales at all.

If ALL the viewers of illegal distributions had actually bought DVDs whose shows they’d once seen, your logic would’ve been right.

Plus, you can see many a review blog on the internet so you’re not still blindfolded. If you think you are, you have to admit you’re nothing but an idiot.

By: Zepy

Zepy — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:59:33 +0000

The 34 year old was distributing anime on Share since 2 years ago, and the 41 year old was using winny since 4 years ago and started using both winny and share and recently became share-only in April.

By: staka

staka — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:11:41 +0000

The three people arrested have been arrested for their distribution of anime such as Gundam from April 1 till 13.. I doubt it was those three users listed in the entry.

By: Power2All

Power2All — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:34:52 +0000

failure..
YS2 is not only 1 person.
I doubt it will die anyhow…