[ SECRET POST #2734 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2734 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

for a published author to try to dictate which specific, preferred audiences can access their work is gross.

Yeah, it's completely gross for a publish author to dictate that, because distribution companies in countries X and Y have paid them for their work, countries X and Y can see their work and that, because country Z hasn't paid them for their efforts, people in country Z can't see it.

It's like they're not running a charity!

[(Anonymous)]

Then they should cut a deal with a distributor in Country Z. If people there want their stuff, there's no reason not to except xenophobic snobbery (and fear of piracy is no excuse. Some profit beats no profit at all, which is what they are apparently getting now with piracy happening anyway.)

[(Anonymous)]

What if distributors in country Z aren't interested in licensing the IP because the potential product is already splashed all over the internet and free to people in that country?

It's a lot easier to shriek "xenophobic snobbery" and "fear of piracy" than to realize that no, the reason it's not being distributed in your country is the result of your own actions.

[(Anonymous)]

And that 'splashed all over the internet' wouldn't happen if it were easily accessible for a reasonable price to begin with.

It isn't about price in a lot of cases, it's about availability.

I live in Japan and pirate Japanese shows because Japan won't take non-Japanese credit cards for their streaming sites. How fucked up is that?

[(Anonymous)]

Adapting to a host culture is too much work, eh. Gotta be an entitled asshole.
Then you bemoan about immigrants not giving a fuck about your culture.

[(Anonymous)]

Um. You don't just get a new credit card by ~adapting to a host culture~, yo. Financial shit like that is whack.

[(Anonymous)]

Actually, back before Crunchyroll and legal streaming sites existed, a lot of anime distribution companies used fansubs as a gauge of what series to license. They looked at what shows were popular amongst people who watched fansubs and then picked those shows to license for English release because they knew they would be profitable.

The things that DON'T get licensed tend to be the less-popular, niche series that don't have much of an audience.