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INTEREST: Fans Launch 'Keep Anime Alive' Pro-Industry Site

Your statement is only justified if the downloader in question is watching pirated versions of shows that are legally available elsewhere (as in, simulcasts or close to it). I wonder if there are REALLY that many people doing it anymore? I mean, I used to watch a LOT of fansubs because there was such a huge gap between the original air date and the dvd release, but now I stick to legit streams if they're available. With all the simulcasts and whatnot these days are there really that many people who are fansub-only?

...Furthermore, a lot of fansub streaming sites are kind of sketchy. Wouldn't most people prefer to go somewhere they don't have to be worried about spyware and the like?

It's called ANN.

luffypirate85 wrote:

She doesn't buy, she doesn't support, so she isn't entitled to an opinion. People like this are far below any of us so they really aren't worth your time.

I think I'm pretty much done with this forum. Doesn't matter, I mean I haven't been here long, but if being a fan of anime means being a [expletive] elitist prick like above, I think I'd rather find a more accepting community.

pantsmca wrote:

luffypirate85 wrote: She doesn't buy, she doesn't support, so she isn't entitled to an opinion. People like this are far below any of us so they really aren't worth your time. I think I'm pretty much done with this forum. Doesn't matter, I mean I haven't been here long, but if being a fan of anime means being a [expletive] elitist prick like above, I think I'd rather find a more accepting community.

Thanks for taking what I said completely out of context. And yeah if you avoid all legal means to watch and read (like the troll I pointed out) then I'd have the same opinion of you. This person does not support legal streams or any approved method. They have made it clear in earlier posts.

Pirates aren't entitled to opinions (especially those that live in NA and choose to be that way). Those are the "elitest pricks" you are referring too. End of story.

luffypirate85 wrote:

pantsmca wrote: luffypirate85 wrote: She doesn't buy, she doesn't support, so she isn't entitled to an opinion. People like this are far below any of us so they really aren't worth your time. I think I'm pretty much done with this forum. Doesn't matter, I mean I haven't been here long, but if being a fan of anime means being a [expletive] elitist prick like above, I think I'd rather find a more accepting community. Thanks for taking what I said completely out of context. And yeah if you avoid all legal means to watch and read (like the troll I pointed out) then I'd have the same opinion of you. This person does not support legal streams or any approved method. They have made it clear in earlier posts. Pirates aren't entitled to opinions (especially those that live in NA and choose to be that way). Those are the "elitest pricks" you are referring too. End of story.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Stating someone doesn't because someone watches anime differently from you makes you an elitist prick.

I think I'm pretty much done with this forum. Doesn't matter, I mean I haven't been here long, but if being a fan of anime means being a [expletive] elitist prick like above, I think I'd rather find a more accepting community.

Defending those pirates, eh? Let me guess, you also think bootlegs help the industry?

...guess so. Any way you look at it, there is absolutely no reason for someone in NA to go about illegal methods to view anime. FUNimation and Crunchyroll have gone far out of their way to give us free and affordable streams for pretty much EVERY SHOW out there. Can't make enough to buy DVD's? That's cool, because theres FREE, legal stuff online. No more dark ages. No more fansubbed VHS tapes. No more excuses.

If I hear one more person say "Piracy isn't sharing online, it's people on seaships bucaneering!" my eyes will roll into the back of my head and become permanently lodged in my brains . The usage of the word has evolved since the 17th century, and is appropriate in this case.

Again, never once said I support pirates, but to each his or her own.

pantsmca wrote:

Again, never once said I support pirates, but to each his or her own.

I never once said you did.

luffypirate85 wrote:

pantsmca wrote: Again, never once said I support pirates, but to each his or her own. I never once said you did.

Well the way you 'supporters' prattle on about how bad fansubs are, it's more or less "WELL IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH US, YOU MUST AGREE WITH THEM."

Paploo wrote:

If I hear one more person say "Piracy isn't sharing online, it's people on seaships bucaneering!" my eyes will roll into the back of my head and become permanently lodged in my brains . The usage of the word has evolved since the 17th century, and is appropriate in this case.

It's evolved? Try telling that to the real world. Anyone in the real world. Tell the police that you download anime. I guarantee you, they won't care. It doesn't apply to reality.

Mass sharing from a few uploaders is not piracy. Normal people do not know that term anyway, and what it consists of.

Sharing does not equal Piracy.

Piracy is not Sharing! Stupidity , hear/say, conjectures and poor analogies are all anyone seen to come up with. It's pathetic.

Banish these Word-pirates, (you sacred mistresses of learning) into the gulfe of Barbarisme: doome them euerlastingly to liue among dunces: let them not once lick their lips at the Thespian bowle, but onely be glad (and thanke Apollo for it too) if hereafter (as hitherto they haue alwayes) they may quench their poeticall thirst with small beere. (1603)