Forum - View topicTokyopop Briefly Reposted Subtitled Angel's Egg Video
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Zalis116
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The difference is that DVD and BD subs would have to hardsub things like karaoke effects and moving text. And unlike downloaders, buyers could legitimately feel entitled to video without hardcoded intrusions. Last edited by Zalis116 on Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:18 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Nonaka Machine Gun B
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I don't get what people are upset about. Tokyopop should've done their homework on what they put up, but the vitriol seems overblown. It seems everyone is mad they're being shamed for looking at fansubs...
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Alan45
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It is because Tokyo Pop used to be a legal manga and (briefly) anime company. They have previously posted anti-fansub/scanlation messages. Regardless of your position on the subject they should practice what they preach. |
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Nonaka Machine Gun B
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Right, but it sounds like it was an honest mistake, and people are jumping on Levy simply because they were called out for their not-so-honest mistakes. Unbalanced reciprocity.
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Alan45
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Nothing unbalanced about it. For most anime and manga fans, Stu Levy is persona non grata. If you could measure popularity in points his would be in the negative thousands.
As noted in some of the posts above, he probably knew exactly what he was doing. He just didn't expect to be caught at it. |
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overlordrae
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Even if it was an official translation and not a fansub, Tokyopop still wouldn't have been in the right because their business wouldn't have been the one that had the rights and didn't contact the company that did have the rights.
It'd be like Viz posting scanlations of Kodansha's stuff after saying scanlations were wrong and sending C&Ds to fans. |
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Nonaka Machine Gun B
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Oh, OK, so everyone is just guessing; thanks for clearing that up for me. |
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MorwenLaicoriel
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Not guessing, he straight-up admitted to it.
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Alan45
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Even if the show had been legally subtitled and streamed on another site, he did not have streaming rights for it. So either way what he did was illegal.
Such behavior in a one time professional is inexcusable. |
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