Re: Do You Guys Approve or Disapprove
Walter Amos (amos@sedl.org)
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 14:13:17 -0600 (EST)
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Shayne Pinnace wrote:
> My question to you all is do you all agree or disagree with the
> fansubbing and the general distrobution of Legend Of Galactic Heroes?
> Explain why.
Well, the general rule among more "ethical" anime fans is to
discourage fan subtitling and distribution of series that are
commerically available through one of the US distributors. Before a
show is officially licensed in the USA, though, it is considered "OK"
to fansub and distribute it even if that is still wrong under the
letter of the law, as long as one is willing to pull the subs once the
series becomes commerically available.
>From a purely technical legal perpective all fansub distribution is
illegal, however most anime series would never become popular over here
and therefore be licensable properties unless someone fansubbed them
first. Would Fushigi Yuugi be as popular as it is if Tomodachi Anime
hadn't been popularizing it in fandom first?
As to LoGH, there is no commercial release of it here on the horizon
for the foreseeable future. It just isn't popular or well-recognized
enough. And that won't change unless we try to hook more people into
it with the fansubs; especially this is a series that for most is
unwatchable without fansubs (a trait not the case with more simplistic
humor anime such as Ranma). At the AX99 panel one attendee (kind of
thoughtlessly) asked Mr. Kikukawa (the producer) what he thought about
fansubs, and Kikukawa replied,
"As a producer I cannot officially be in favor of such things, but I
am aware that if these did not exist there would probably not be anyone
attending this presentation."
That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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