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Largest US Anime Distributor Goes BitTorrent

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

securitas writes "The New York Times' Charles Solomon reports that 'ADV Films, the largest distributor of anime in the United States is releasing promotional packages via the BitTorrent.' The use of BitTorrent is already extremely popular among anime fans who trade films that are unavailable outside of Japan as well as their own subtitled versions, known as fansubs. The company's first experiment with a Madlax torrent in July was so well-received that ADV is launching the bonus promotional packages for upcoming releases Gilgamesh and Goddanar. The question is will other distributors and studios follow ADV's example or stick to their current distribution models?"

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  1. Re:When will BT be webbased? by Agret · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://moztorrent.mozdev.org/

    and also see this PDF

    http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.824-2004/reports/jwolf e.pdf

    Thanks to http://mimir.silverfir.net/blogs/index.php?blog=6& cat=31 for the links

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  2. Copyright infringement != theft by tepples · · Score: 3, Informative

    Copyright infringement is theft, at least in the US.

    What makes you say that? In the United States, larceny is a crime defined by state law (except in cases involving state lines or federal property), and copyright infringement is a crime defined by federal law. They're completely different statutes with completely different conditions and completely different penalties.

  3. Re:3 cheers for /. groupthink! by ultranova · · Score: 3, Informative

    Any opinion that is unpopular automatically is a "troll"

    Perhaps, but the parent post didn't state an opinion. It stated an incorrect fact ("Copyright infringement is theft, at least in the US. Like it or not that's how the law is currently written.") with the apparent purpose of annoying people - the rest of the message was quite arrogant and condescending ("If you don't agree with it, try to get the law changed, but simply saying it's not theft won't make it true."). Stating an incorrect fact with the apparent purpose of annoying people enough that they start responding is trolling.

    Sometimes, an unpopular position is unpopular for the reason that it is incorrect, and sometimes getting moderated as Troll is justified.

    Big brother must love you guys, you prove that it's easy to make everyone follow the leader.

    Yes, disturbingly many people seem to be accepting the claim "copyright infringement is theft", despite both law and logic disagreeing with that...

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