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JC:
Hellbent... It's a fine line... Depends on your country, and the copyright :P
People release things like that for money in the knowledge that YES, it will be pirated, and no matter what they do, they can't stop that.
Granted, they are bringing out new methods to stop DVD ripping/copying... But that won't last, someone will find a way around it. Just like Microsoft implementing CD key checking on their website so invalid keys can't download... There are keygens out there that produce valid keys!
You want to stop piracy, good luck to you, but that's why they made open source :P
PS. This stuff that we get here is not licenced under US law, because it's still being copied from Japan, who's copywrite laws are completely different to the US, and the fact that this is the Internet, makes the US law only work on the country that the files exist in.
hellbent:
thx JC for that, though I too am guilty of using bittorrent, I try and make the best possible attempt at purchesing official product, provided that a DVD doesnt cost over $30, then I will pay. However in the case of Tokoychop, I have decided to keep my dled stages, since it would be a crime to buy that ID crap. I really dont want ID to get famous in NA, look at the mess Tokoychop did, how can u call that anime.
P.S. I have 5 Tokoyshit ID DVDs, which I have never watched.
Yoten:
--- Quote ---and i download all my anime een if it is in the us sicne most US dubs suck and half the episodes get removed because America is odd.
--- End quote ---
Uh... do you really think those count as reasons to pirate licensed anime? Dubs may suck, sure, but DVDs have this thing called "dual languages". So you have no point there. Removing half of the episodes? I realize you were exaggerating, but can't you pick something with even a SCRAP of truth in it?
If you're going to try to justify yourself, at least try to use something that RESEMBLES valid reasoning. It's the same way with everyone that bashes Tokyopop's DVDs... pure fanboyism without any actual thinking.
JC:
Tokyopop's DVDs are altered for the American market due to their censorship laws, as you might well notice if you watch the fansubs I have of the first stage, then watch the DVDs, all the translations are different (IE, they have swearing in them... Wonder why that went? :P)
I know this isn't related to anime as such, but there are other shows that America cuts to pieces so that they remove all the stuff they don't want you to have, yet when you get the "real" stuff via fansubs or buying the DVD's from Japan... You can notice a lot of the differences.
Us aussies are... Well, more tolerant of that sort of stuff, we get all these uncensorted anime's coming out now, with the ones that come via America (Ninja Scroll, for example), being cut (I know, I watched the fansub then the actual DVD, and noticed it quite obviously)
hellbent has a point about the "quality" and content though :P
Sti_Brumby:
I'm a aussie and i don't have acredit card so i can't buy online. So i just stick with madman releases. Don't forget the americian release it targeting a different market in the kinda same slot as FnF.
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