Mithrandir wrote:Because nothing says, "buy our crap" like suing people who give you free market research.
Honestly. Does it even occur to them to do a feasibility study first? Apparently it never occurs to these kinds of groups that there is a direct correlation between the popularity of anime in the US and the amount of fan subs around.
There is a clear way to succeed in their field: Do a better job then the amateurs. If they are unable to do that, and the only way they can stay in business is to sue the competition, then I think fair market economics will win.
Anime fans tend to be (this is a bit of a generalization) smarter then the average person. They won't stand for this. If Bandai does it, they'll go out of business.
The problem takes care of itself.
ducheval wrote:Nothing like profitibility through litigation, hehe
kaemmerite wrote:By the way, those links Morwen posted have some language, so if that offends you, don't click. But wow. I read that and that company makes fansubbers look bad. Fansubbers like that, deserve to be sued and sued hard.
Yay for fansubbers with (semi) ethics.
mitsuki lover wrote:The problem is even if Bandai went ahead with their threat it won't stop the illegal
bootlegs and pirated versions from Taiwan and other countries that aren't signatories to the Berne Convention.
So in the end even if a few fansubbers are sued the main problem is still there
for companies like Bandai.
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