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Pirate Anime FAQ Updated

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jolly-roger dept.

Joe Curzon writes "The Pirate Anime FAQ has finally been updated, after year of me being far to busy to do anything on the internet! The FAQ would have been released sooner, but my request on Slashdot.org produced some "interesting" feedback via e-mail. This update includes a new and improved Fansub section, which also covers Digisubs. Scanlations have been added as a point of interest. Additionally the Audio CD and DVD sections have been improved with more details on the Pirate Companies and how to spot their "products". I would also like to say that feedback from readers and the industry is critical for keeping the FAQ up to date, and without their previous and continuing support The Pirate Anime FAQ could not exist. Finally I would to remind people to be extremely cautious when buying from on-line auction sites such as eBay. The most common e-mail I get sent is from concerned fans who have just found out that they have bought some pirate goods off a seller who claimed what they were selling was legitimate."

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  1. Is this correct? by DAldredge · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "US Citizens should note it is also a federal offence to import, buy, sell or trade these goods."

    Doesn't the law saying you have to KNOW the goods are pirate?

  2. Fansubs by neostorm · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Everytime something a little underground get coverage on slashdot, I cringe. I really hope this doesn't cause copyright holders to crack down on Fansub distributions, because I really dig my fansubs.

    On top of that, I'm pretty certain that anyone willing to buy dubbed versions of the same anime when they're ported to the US market (100 years after Japanese release) will still buy the DVDs anyways. That is to say, I hope this doesn't become another mp3 crackdown because some greedy bastards decide that fansubs are "ruining their profit".

  3. Amazon? by Cyno01 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I probably bought the same set, Cowboy Bebop: The Perfect Sessions? After i ordered it i read some of the reviews, most of them were like "shame on amazon for selling pirate dvds". I got it and sure enough the set is a bootleg, but the entire set in decent quality for only $30, i dont really mind.

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  4. Why aren't they trying to SOLVE any of these? by Mitreya · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Ok, so having read the FAQ, I'd like to point out some interesting quotes:

    Occasionally the legitimate item might not be available, so fans go for bootlegs in this case too.

    And who's fault is this? I wouldn't even call this bootlegging.

    Official goods normally have good quality packaging that is well designed.

    That just isn't true. Ditto for pirated Anime but all of the Anime I own has average to crappy packaging.

    If the price is too good to be true, then it is not the real thing.

    That's a wonderfull way to spot a bootlegger! Unless they charge $30 for a 2 to 4 episode DVD they probably aren't legit. Does anyone know why they cost so much? Can't be the English subtitling, since they don't even have to know English to do their work

    if it is set to Region 0 or All Regions and has Chinese as well as English subtitles there is a very strong chance that the title is a bootleg.

    I am assuming that customers want both chinese and english subtitles, but legit DVDs do not provide those?