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Fansubbers Under Fire
CNet is running a story about new developments in the fansubbing world. The article provides some background, and then discusses
Media Factory's recent letters to fansubbers demanding removal of their shows. Historically the studios have turned a blind eye towards the work of the fansubbers, and the assumption has always been they they secretly approve since the fans work is amazing market research. I've bought countless DVDs based entirely on the work of fansubbers, so I hope that this isn't the beginning of the end.
have they learned nothing from the collapse of the record industry?
For those who may not be familiar with such translations:
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War was beginning.
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Kind of a critical fact, thanks.
The only reason I came to the article was to brush up on my vocabulary. I thought for sure my kid was going to make a reference to 'fansubber' one day soon and i'd appear to be more out of touch than I actually am.
And here I immediately thought it was like a 'fluffer' or something.
Why are you encouraging people to steal their employer's time and resources for a personal, non-work hobby?
Said the AC at work!
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
Why of course! They are "losing" money everytime when you merely think about their sacred, divine "intellectual property" "product". If you were a good citizen of the corporate republic, you would have immediately run and "bought" the "product" because by thinking about it, you are "experiencing" in part the "joy" of the "product" and thus "depriving" its "creator" of his justly deserved "revenue".
P.S. Don't forget to buy individual copies for each time you plan to "experience" it, think of the poor starving "content producers"! Think of the children!
The only reason I came to the article was to brush up on my vocabulary. I thought for sure my kid was going to make a reference to 'fansubber' one day soon and i'd appear to be more out of touch than I actually am.
Yeah, it'll be useful for us parents when the FBI comes knocking on the door with a warrant for the seizure of computer equipment for illegal distribution of fansub materials... at least we'll have some idea what our kids are accused of...
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