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NEWS: Phantom Episode 10 Leaked 1 Day Before Japan's Debut

Simply don't upload the episode to the public server before it airs in Japan and it can't be leaked.

FUNi needs to seriously fix things, but shouldn't we blame the people who distribute the leaked videos? FUNi's helping to pave the way for simulcasts in America, and the community thanks them by stealing the videos. FUNi's to blame a lot for the public server, but that doesn't make it any more right to steal and repost the videos.

What I really don't understand is why everyone is being so harsh on Funimation. Metaphorically speaking, we are blaming someone who had their car stolen because their windows were easy to shatter and climb into.

What I really don't understand is why everyone is being so harsh on Funimation. Metaphorically speaking, we are blaming someone who had their car stolen because their windows were easy to shatter and climb into. That is an unreasonable accusation on the victim. In an ideal society, they shouldn't even need to protect their stuff... in an ideal society, everyone would respect their endeavor to legally get a product to fan fast. But this isn't an idea society, so some things go wrong. But why is everyone blaming the victim?

I think the person we should be mad at is the person who is breaking in and illegally redistributing the animation; they are the ones who are causing a problem for both the animators and Funimation.

While I'm rather sympathetic to what you're saying hikaru004, I have to disagree on this subject of ANN's response. Reporting this is exactly the kind of thing they should be doing. If they didn't report it, it would be a massive dereliction of duty.

Whether it encourages more actions like this or not, it's important to report what's going on. So long as ANN is reporting the full truth and as much as they possibly can. If they had information and were intentionally holding it back for reasons other than non-disclosure requirements, then that would be a problem.

This whole situation is ridiculous. Funimation's clearly got a pretty severe security problem and one they obviously didn't do enough to fix when they took down episodes earlier. At the same time, what the hell is wrong with people that they can't wait a short time and do things nice and legal? Seriously, is this some kind of a condition anime fans have? A psychosis by which only the illegal way is the "right" way?

This whole situation just seems so utterly pointless. Everyone's going to be screwed up by this and no one is likely to win any points in the long run so why do it in the first place? It just seems so stupid on all accounts.

What I really don't understand is why everyone is being so harsh on Funimation. Metaphorically speaking, we are blaming someone who had their car stolen because their windows were easy to shatter and climb into. That is an unreasonable accusation on the victim. In an ideal society, they shouldn't even need to protect their stuff... in an ideal society, everyone would respect their endeavor to legally get a product to fan fast. But this isn't an idea society, so some things go wrong. But why is everyone blaming the victim?

I think the person we should be mad at is the person who is breaking in and illegally redistributing the animation; they are the ones who are causing a problem for both the animators and Funimation.

Regardless of what the law says about file sharing, it is a factual statement that as long as Funi has no security, people will torrent the files as they are uploaded.

As to making a security system, these leaks are only possible because Funi puts them on their public server BEFORE it is released. If Crunchyroll can prevent leaks, I am sure the much larger Funimation can as well. More importantly, I am almost positive that releasing the files publicly before they are suppose to be released is a breach of contract between Funimation and the Japanese companies. And you say it is hard to make a good security system, that may be true, but there is one simple solution that would stop it. Simply don't upload the episode to the public server before it airs in Japan and it can't be leaked.

Point taken. However, the article is a bit ambiguous as to whether or not this episode was uploaded onto an insecure server or not (it states that previous episodes were insecure, but doesn't make mention of whether or not measures were take to secure this one is). Not to mention we don't know if it was an actual hack, or if it was someone within the company (hopefully just idle speculation on my part).

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And you say it is hard to make a good security system, that may be true, but there is one simple solution that would stop it. Simply don't upload the episode to the public server before it airs in Japan and it can't be leaked.

hikaru004 wrote:

At some point, "minimizing harm" part of ethics should be kicking in. It seems to me that this is the moment.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry, I can't help myself, you got me mr. troll. Funimation is a corporate entity, not a human being. At all. That ethics section refers to actual, flesh and blood people with feelings. It refers mostly to criminals, victims, and people going through a hard time. Now sure the guys working at Funi might be going through a hard time, and if ANN's article was talking about people working @ Funi then you might be right. But neither has happened yet.

Funimation's failure is something that really needs public attention! They need to be held accountable for their mistakes, and I'm sure as Funi has proved in the past, they can turn around, do the right thing and learn from their mistakes. It's not "lurid curiosity." It's a serious problem plaguing a fledgling internet video streaming service. Give it a rest already.

Point taken. However, the article is a bit ambiguous as to whether or not this episode was uploaded onto an insecure server or not (it states that previous episodes were insecure, but doesn't make mention of whether or not measures were take to secure this one is). Not to mention we don't know if it was an actual hack, or if it was someone within the company (hopefully just idle speculation on my part).

The more attention the more bragging the more the occurences will escalate. Bragging about OP 404 for example.

It's that e-penis thing all around. Sticking it to FUNi. There was absolutely no reason for not waiting considering this is a 26 episode series.