ANN: When wanks falls through the cracks, we catch it!
I knew if I waited a night this would explode. ANN links a press statement from Bandai that warns fansubbers not to fansub the new Ghost in the Shell: SOLID STATE SOCIETY. Of course, the ANN forum discusses the topic of fansubs in a mature and intelligent manner. It's growing.


Steventheeunuch: Moreso we hate self-righteous morons with entitlement-complexes who potentially hurt the industry that supplies us with our interests.

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Pleroma: Lol @ internet police. Really now, the RIAA witchunt was by far the most massive anti-piracy effort of the last decade and its effects are barely even noticeable nowadays (I've yet to fail to download any song I've wanted) so a company like Bandai with only a tiny portion of the RIAA's resources wont get jack shit done.

THe future of the internet will encompass many subnets of absolute annonimity, as it should be. Badai et all can keep blowing all the hot air their want but it won't change a damn thing.

PS: I don't like GITS, but intellectual property nazis make me laugh.

Josh7289: So if you're just trying to defend your own product which you have the sole legal right to sell, you suddenly become a Nazi? Wow, maybe you should mull this one over a little more -- your viewpoint on this subject is way out of whack.

jsevakis: This comment is very indicative of this new breed of what I call "techno-communism" that I'm seeing more and more in places like Slashdot and the communities around anime. Since pretty much all media can now be broken down into information, and these techno-communists are married to the idea that "information wants to be free" (logic is apparently under lock-and-key if the data on my HD now has a will of its own).

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nagashi: I for one will be downloading the fansub, without guilt. I will never buy more of their dubtitled, close captions for subs, non-backup-able, drm'ed crap.

If they provide it at a very low cost in an open format (divx/xvid or some such format) that I can easily move around between computers, they stand a chance at making $1 (and probaby not more than $1) off me.

Down with Copyright!
Down with Licensors!
Down with voice 'talent'!
Down with Localization!

Up with free media, fair use, and privacy!

Culture in it's various forms are the property of the people, and we will do with it what we wish: rip, subtitle, scanlate, make amvs of, and distribute with impunity.

Long live fansubs!

zac: You're an idiot.

nagashi: Always good to know that the fine fine editors of this site reduce themselves to name calling. Go you!

zac: But you are. You are clearly of reduced mental function. Why should I have to stop short of saying the truth simply because I work here? I shouldn't. You're allowed to come into my forums and say whatever garbage you like, which means I'm allowed to call you on it in whatever manner I choose.