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Maybe this should be in Movies, Music forum, but what the hey.
Ever since getting broadband, and Kazaa, I've been unable to resist fuelling one of my interests that I've had for ages - Anime, japanese animation.
The latest episodes, with english subtitles - or occasionally english dubs - are all there ready for the downloading having been copied by someone, somewhere, with access to them in America or Japan.
Maybe not many of you have heard of them, but these are the latest series - Chobits, FLCL, //hack, Patlabor WXIII, Love Hina, and tons more. My hard drive is filling up with them, and I've started making my own VCDs to watch on my DVD player. They're great, and for the first time I can watch anime. that I've only had the chance to read about before, at home.
Yet, it's piracy is it not ? By downloading the material I'm not buying it, so the creator and the owning company get no money from me, shops lose sales, e.t.c.
But there lies the problem.
None are available in the UK, and there are no chances of them ever coming here for a long long time. I'm realistic - if they were on TV the audience figures would not exactly be off the scale.
The anime that is available in the UK - Ah My Goddess ;), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor, Bubblegum Crisis, e.t.c I do own, all the ones I like I've bought. So I'm willing to pay for genuine items.
So what options are left ? Importing ? Only Amazon and US anime sellers have them as they're all Region 1 - and in some cases not even available in the US at alland just Japan. If I import then I need a modified DVD player to play them, and I get charged import taxes for buying aborad - something I could not buy here anyway. I've tried this - and a DVD works out at about £28 a time this way - very expensive I'm sure you'll agree.
So I'll continue to get them from Kazaa, and such, but I'd much rather buy them from a real shop, but I don't really have a choice.
I know the same can be said for many kinds of music and bands/artists, anything beyon mainstream is hard to find unless you live in London, and you pay for it.
It's no wonder Kazaa, IRC, and other filesharing programs are so popular is it ?
Ever since getting broadband, and Kazaa, I've been unable to resist fuelling one of my interests that I've had for ages - Anime, japanese animation.
The latest episodes, with english subtitles - or occasionally english dubs - are all there ready for the downloading having been copied by someone, somewhere, with access to them in America or Japan.
Maybe not many of you have heard of them, but these are the latest series - Chobits, FLCL, //hack, Patlabor WXIII, Love Hina, and tons more. My hard drive is filling up with them, and I've started making my own VCDs to watch on my DVD player. They're great, and for the first time I can watch anime. that I've only had the chance to read about before, at home.
Yet, it's piracy is it not ? By downloading the material I'm not buying it, so the creator and the owning company get no money from me, shops lose sales, e.t.c.
But there lies the problem.
None are available in the UK, and there are no chances of them ever coming here for a long long time. I'm realistic - if they were on TV the audience figures would not exactly be off the scale.
The anime that is available in the UK - Ah My Goddess ;), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor, Bubblegum Crisis, e.t.c I do own, all the ones I like I've bought. So I'm willing to pay for genuine items.
So what options are left ? Importing ? Only Amazon and US anime sellers have them as they're all Region 1 - and in some cases not even available in the US at alland just Japan. If I import then I need a modified DVD player to play them, and I get charged import taxes for buying aborad - something I could not buy here anyway. I've tried this - and a DVD works out at about £28 a time this way - very expensive I'm sure you'll agree.
So I'll continue to get them from Kazaa, and such, but I'd much rather buy them from a real shop, but I don't really have a choice.
I know the same can be said for many kinds of music and bands/artists, anything beyon mainstream is hard to find unless you live in London, and you pay for it.
It's no wonder Kazaa, IRC, and other filesharing programs are so popular is it ?
cookie monster wrote:
> Belldandy wrote:
> Chobits
>
> I think the Tolkien enterprise would raise an eyebrow at that.
Do they make it or something ? If they're so bothered they should get it out over here on region 2 !
> Belldandy wrote:
> Chobits
>
> I think the Tolkien enterprise would raise an eyebrow at that.
Do they make it or something ? If they're so bothered they should get it out over here on region 2 !
I had that channel once...
Seeing as we're on the subject, I would like to winge at the Sci-Fi channel for only showing ANime movies at midnight, whats up with that?
Belldandy wrote:
> Chobits
I think the Tolkien enterprise would raise an eyebrow at that.
> Chobits
I think the Tolkien enterprise would raise an eyebrow at that.
This is where Kazaa could be useful to businesses. Just by providing a rough picture of what people are downloading companies could get a much better idea of what the demand is like for their products and increase supply accordingly, hopefully lowering the price accordingly. I think what you're doing is a perfectly legitimate use of Kazaa and while it might not be legal I doubt anyone would ever chase you up about it.
Tell me about it
The only problem is I spend a week downloading one episode. Still, broadband in less than a fortnight, I can't wait to finally be able to talk about everything with my American friends at last.
The only problem is I spend a week downloading one episode. Still, broadband in less than a fortnight, I can't wait to finally be able to talk about everything with my American friends at last.
I've thought about this before - it's essentially a lose-lose situation. If you are interested in certain things, you have to break the law one way or the other to pursue your interest.
I'm not actually sure what would happen if they were to catch you; if you could explain the situation there has to be a high chance of getting away with it, seeing as you have no choice. It is indeed a predicament. The only real way to avoid breaking the law is not to watch these things. *Sigh*, we'll never win.
I'm not actually sure what would happen if they were to catch you; if you could explain the situation there has to be a high chance of getting away with it, seeing as you have no choice. It is indeed a predicament. The only real way to avoid breaking the law is not to watch these things. *Sigh*, we'll never win.
Maybe this should be in Movies, Music forum, but what the hey.
Ever since getting broadband, and Kazaa, I've been unable to resist fuelling one of my interests that I've had for ages - Anime, japanese animation.
The latest episodes, with english subtitles - or occasionally english dubs - are all there ready for the downloading having been copied by someone, somewhere, with access to them in America or Japan.
Maybe not many of you have heard of them, but these are the latest series - Chobits, FLCL, //hack, Patlabor WXIII, Love Hina, and tons more. My hard drive is filling up with them, and I've started making my own VCDs to watch on my DVD player. They're great, and for the first time I can watch anime. that I've only had the chance to read about before, at home.
Yet, it's piracy is it not ? By downloading the material I'm not buying it, so the creator and the owning company get no money from me, shops lose sales, e.t.c.
But there lies the problem.
None are available in the UK, and there are no chances of them ever coming here for a long long time. I'm realistic - if they were on TV the audience figures would not exactly be off the scale.
The anime that is available in the UK - Ah My Goddess ;), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor, Bubblegum Crisis, e.t.c I do own, all the ones I like I've bought. So I'm willing to pay for genuine items.
So what options are left ? Importing ? Only Amazon and US anime sellers have them as they're all Region 1 - and in some cases not even available in the US at alland just Japan. If I import then I need a modified DVD player to play them, and I get charged import taxes for buying aborad - something I could not buy here anyway. I've tried this - and a DVD works out at about £28 a time this way - very expensive I'm sure you'll agree.
So I'll continue to get them from Kazaa, and such, but I'd much rather buy them from a real shop, but I don't really have a choice.
I know the same can be said for many kinds of music and bands/artists, anything beyon mainstream is hard to find unless you live in London, and you pay for it.
It's no wonder Kazaa, IRC, and other filesharing programs are so popular is it ?
Ever since getting broadband, and Kazaa, I've been unable to resist fuelling one of my interests that I've had for ages - Anime, japanese animation.
The latest episodes, with english subtitles - or occasionally english dubs - are all there ready for the downloading having been copied by someone, somewhere, with access to them in America or Japan.
Maybe not many of you have heard of them, but these are the latest series - Chobits, FLCL, //hack, Patlabor WXIII, Love Hina, and tons more. My hard drive is filling up with them, and I've started making my own VCDs to watch on my DVD player. They're great, and for the first time I can watch anime. that I've only had the chance to read about before, at home.
Yet, it's piracy is it not ? By downloading the material I'm not buying it, so the creator and the owning company get no money from me, shops lose sales, e.t.c.
But there lies the problem.
None are available in the UK, and there are no chances of them ever coming here for a long long time. I'm realistic - if they were on TV the audience figures would not exactly be off the scale.
The anime that is available in the UK - Ah My Goddess ;), Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor, Bubblegum Crisis, e.t.c I do own, all the ones I like I've bought. So I'm willing to pay for genuine items.
So what options are left ? Importing ? Only Amazon and US anime sellers have them as they're all Region 1 - and in some cases not even available in the US at alland just Japan. If I import then I need a modified DVD player to play them, and I get charged import taxes for buying aborad - something I could not buy here anyway. I've tried this - and a DVD works out at about £28 a time this way - very expensive I'm sure you'll agree.
So I'll continue to get them from Kazaa, and such, but I'd much rather buy them from a real shop, but I don't really have a choice.
I know the same can be said for many kinds of music and bands/artists, anything beyon mainstream is hard to find unless you live in London, and you pay for it.
It's no wonder Kazaa, IRC, and other filesharing programs are so popular is it ?