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Hey, Answerman! - Thanksgiving Leftovers

So yeah, it's really illegal, and they need to obtain the proper rights for those shows if they want to broadcast them to an entire country.

To the person who wrote the question: I disagree with this answer and you should contact your local government (or visit their website) with copyright questions or concerns. Most copyright laws have exceptions for universities and this one may fall under this category.

You see, I've been actually following your advice and I have been trying to write a book. And I'll go ahead and add that, as a fan of anime and manga, I guess my book has been a bit...anime influenced. I sent it off to a friend of mine who's a professional editor, and he seems to agree: it's quite anime-influenced. He suggests that it might actually work better as either a screenplay or a manga-like graphic novel of some type.

Lainofthenet's answer to Answerfans is empowering. My best to you, good sir, for your upbeat attitude at a time of major disruption to your family's lively hood.

From the Q & A:

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You see, I've been actually following your advice and I have been trying to write a book. And I'll go ahead and add that, as a fan of anime and manga, I guess my book has been a bit...anime influenced. I sent it off to a friend of mine who's a professional editor, and he seems to agree: it's quite anime-influenced. He suggests that it might actually work better as either a screenplay or a manga-like graphic novel of some type.

In any case, it is hard enough just to make it as a writer. It is a good idea to give away your product as free downloads and develop a following. If you develop enough of a following you may be able to start charging a little for your downloads in the future, or be attractive to a publisher. People are self publishing a lot lately, and making their work available on e-readers. Some of them actually make good money. Young Adult novels and supernatural romances targeted toward women are the hottest sellers.

Also, when you want legal advice, you talk to a lawyer, not your local government. General rule of thumb. (Especially since copyrights are federal laws.)

I have to praise Brian for his comments about the absolutely idiotic amount of fear and paranoia that resulted from the Handley case. I mean, seriously, the number of people that were convicted for any material in anime/manga is so miniscule in comparison to what people have viewed. How the hell could everyone reasonably assume that Handley is somehow the beginning of the end, as opposed to an isolated case?

But I have to be honest here, I can't say that you guys at ANN aren't part of the problem, either. I mean, you guys were the ones that gave the Handley case such a grossly unbalanced exposure, what with you guys publishing nothing but either doom 'n gloom press releases from activist organizations like the CBLDF, the opinions of panic-stricken industry representatives (Peter Payne/Icarus Manga), or people that were actively involved in Handley's defense.

I mean, I understand that it would only be natural for you guys to lean somewhat in favor of those who oppose Handley's conviction, but would it have killed you to maintain even a shred of objectivity or balance in your coverage? Would it have been so difficult to have an independent legal firm research and analyze the Handley case, or get a law professor at a local university to contribute a professional opinion? I don't expect you to publish opinions of anyone who wants loli/shota stuff banned, but how hard would it have been to consult someone who didn't have a major stake in the issue and wouldn't benefit from resorting to sensationalistic fearmongering?

I mean, if your coverage on the case is grossly skewed towards activists with agendas who try to instill fear, rather than show the big picture, is it any surprise that your audiences (which include fans AND localization companies) would have such a massive persecution complex about the whole issue?

Brian, I really wish you would've said the same thing to your colleagues at ANN when the Handley case was still in the spotlight. It really would've saved the fandom and the industry a lot of headache.

Hey LordByronus, who's real and true identity I'm sure is quite mysterious and hard to figure out :p

When you answered that one guy who was asking about the screenplay or graphic novel, you said that the best thing to do is to "make some noise" and write short stories, play, prose, for radio, for a sketch comedy troupe and for a crappy college film project.

Since you've got experience in all of that (or at least I'm presuming you do - and I know for a FACT at least you've got the play and sketch comedy thing down for pat) how do you go about doing that then?

I am very legitimately curious, My Lord :)


...also, I'm kinda surprised that the post count for this discussion is pretty low. The other recent ones got to 4+ pages pretty quick, we're still stuck at just one :(