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Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 02:58:21 +0000

Internation Anime Distribution (IAD) came up with this press release and it sounded VERY interesting:

Official IAD Article/Press release

ANN discussion article with Company Rep

What do you think?

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:10:41 +0000

TheFrankman

Internation Anime Distribution (IAD) came up with this press release and it sounded VERY interesting:

Official IAD Article/Press release

ANN discussion article with Company Rep

What do you think?

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:35:35 +0000

That caught my attention when I read it off of animenewsnetwork.com but I dont know what to think.

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 03:48:33 +0000

hmm... very interesting

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:23:16 +0000

is it good?

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:02:57 +0000

I would think it's a great idea IF it can be done. I'm trying to talk to the guy.

Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:36:31 +0000

Something doesn't add up. This vaguely smells of a scam. Particularly: Animation producers have long had an inherent dislike of fansubbing as it represents a revenue stream that is lost to online piracy. No, not so much. Most Japanese anime companies don't talk about fansubs at all, but a few have said off the record that they don't care too much or like it. Seriously, fansubs are an almost total win-win for these companies. People distribute and translate it for free to an audience they may never have the power to reach, thus allowing them to:
1) Gauge interest that that market might have for their anime
2) Sell merchandise to that market without having to bear the cost of translating, licencing, distributing, marketing, etc the anime
3) Have more pull in licencing discussions with American companies (I'd bet almost anything that not only did the Naruto people get one hell of a deal, but that the also used the built in fanbase of it as a selling point to US companies (or US companies sought them out after hearing of the fanbase)).

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 00:27:29 +0000

Even though i know fansubbing and posting it on the internet is illegal....i think legalizing it is kinda stupid becuz you have to pay. I know my opinion alone is stupid because downloading stuff for free is stealing....and you SHOULD pay for it...but i mean.....yea....it's really hard to explain.

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 02:29:15 +0000

I find this to be scam. If they did this, companies would lose lots of money because of people downloading fansubs. If they did legalize it, they should make it around 100$ and up a month since people always download crap like this.

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:46:34 +0000

Ichi_Onu

I find this to be scam. If they did this, companies would lose lots of money because of people downloading fansubs. If they did legalize it, they should make it around 100$ and up a month since people always download crap like this.

There ya go!!! That's what i meant!!! lol. sweatdrop

Anyways...if the companies get money off of ppl downloadin the fansubs, then how bout the ppl who subbed the anime for downloading?? Would they get paid or are the companies just gonna ignore the subbers and direct all the money to themselves???

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:25:59 +0000

kikyo98

Ichi_Onu

I find this to be scam. If they did this, companies would lose lots of money because of people downloading fansubs. If they did legalize it, they should make it around 100$ and up a month since people always download crap like this.

There ya go!!! That's what i meant!!! lol. sweatdrop

Anyways...if the companies get money off of ppl downloadin the fansubs, then how bout the ppl who subbed the anime for downloading?? Would they get paid or are the companies just gonna ignore the subbers and direct all the money to themselves???

I think that they should get paid for it. The price for downloading fansubs legaly should be around that much or higher since companies lose money from people doing illegal downloads and stuff. That might also stop people from buying bootlegs if these legalized company subbers made dvds of the stuff, cotaining about much as a normal dvd would have. Unlike the bootlegs, these would make a lot more money since these might be in stores and people will buy them unlike those bootlegs.

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:29:54 +0000

1 minor point, fansubs are free....

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:31:03 +0000

Then we would just have to pay for them, lisenced or not. o.o; I think what they mean is that they're going to sell them online, perhaps at a cheaper price, or maybe for those who don't have DVD players.

^^; It sounds like a bad idea to me, anyways, regardless.

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:31:52 +0000

Fansubs suck. That's why anime has been getting more expensive in the stores, because so many people download and never buy anything domestic; it hurts the industry thus upping costs.

Sounds scammy to me confused

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 21:36:10 +0000

Ichi_Onu

I find this to be scam. If they did this, companies would lose lots of money because of people downloading fansubs. If they did legalize it, they should make it around 100$ and up a month since people always download crap like this.

Thank you my thoughts exactly whoever came up with the whole "Legalization" of fansubs drama should be shot >< I mean seriously most fansubs suck anyway

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