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The Proposal of Master Lee - A System For Anime Distribution

Asian Guy wrote:

fokkusuhaundo wrote: If by buying it you are not supporting the Japanese companies and/or the licensors in your region, then they are bootlegs whether they are legal or not to be sold where you live. Why it is not supporting the Anime company for buying a LEGAL Anime CD? I think you still not believe that Anime CD price in Indonesia with 2 episode in each CD are just around 3 usd, but only for few Anime available for purchase [ 4 - 9 ] titles so maybe you think all Anime are avilable for purchase for that price in Indonesia or other Asian countries that have cheap Anime CD.

How is ripping dvds onto cds and selling them supporting the anime companies when these are not sold officially anywhere else in the world? And like I said, just because it is legal to be sold where you live does not mean it cannot be bootleg: http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/piratefaq.html#legalorigin
There are a lot of countries in the world that have a hard time adopting international copyright laws and their governments allow or do little to prohibit the sale of pirated goods.

How is ripping dvds onto cds and selling them supporting the anime companies when these are not sold officially anywhere else in the world? And like I said, just because it is legal to be sold where you live does not mean it cannot be bootleg: http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/piratefaq.html#legalorigin
There are a lot of countries in the world that have a hard time adopting international copyright laws and their governments allow or do little to prohibit the sale of pirated goods.

I'm mainly pointing this out because I don't think English is Asian Guy's first language:
From your own link, I think Asian guy is referring to VCDs, I will highlight the relevant portion:
VCDs
Very few anime VCD imported from the Far East are legitimate, more often than not they will be pirate copies. There are plenty of legitimate live action movie and anime VCDs in the Far East where the format is popular. Like audio CDs Video CDs are easy to copy, making them a prime target for pirates. Manga Entertainment and Central Park Media did produce some with an English dub or English subtitles, but they are hard to find. Video CDs by the UK Company Kiseki do turn up in computer fairs across Europe. Since the quality of VCD is poor compared to licensed DVDs, and you are a lot more likely to encounter a pirate VCD than an official one, we suggest avoiding the VCD format.

Considering the references made, I think this part of the article is fairly outdated. Considering the cost and availability of DVD media, I seriously doubt that CD is still often used in the west for bootlegs. It's POSSIBLE that someone somewhere would get the crazy idea to import cheap bootleg VCDs rather than just make their own bootleg DVDs, but that seems (to me) to be HIGHLY unlikely. I'd also point out that various other things like manga are also cheaper in Asia than in the US. You can get manga vols for maybe $4USD in Japan, to say nothing of China or other countries, rather than $8-10 in America. Just because Japanese DVDs are MUCH more expensive than US, doesn't mean other items aren't cheaper.

Besides, for video quality, a VCD isn't much better than VHS.

To tacodunort: I presume that this post is refering to what Asian Guy was talking about and not the "integrated fansub community" part of my proposal. Am I correct?

Well, when I talk of fan-subs, I guess I would put all subbed work done by collaborative efforts by groups or individuals efforts to translate Japanese track anime into the "fan-subbed" catagory. That anime which is out of the 'industrial' cycle of production and done post-studio production...