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NEWS: Video Site with Unauthorized Anime Gets US$4M Capital

One way or another, this is going to force the issue on online distribution of anime. There's no way either the R1 companies or original Japanese companies can possibly overlook this.

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My problem with this is that the fansubbers who do the work fansubbing it don't get any revenue, so it seems to me that Crunchyroll is messing up both the people who own the rights and the people who take time to fansub which always has a disclaimer that you shouldn't be paying to view it!

Actually, I think that has the making of an extraordinarily hilarious ruckus, re: fansubbers arguing their work has been taken for use without their consent.

the thing is the fanubs they host aren't even theirs, they just upload stuff from random groups and stream it on their site. this whole's thing's gonna fall apart, once the actual companies are informed of what they've been doing. hell they still host Naruto.

Actually, I think that has the making of an extraordinarily hilarious ruckus, re: fansubbers arguing their work has been taken for use without their consent.

My issue isn't whether I think fansubbing is right or wrong, but rather that Crunchyroll will be capitalizing on something that they did nothing but host. Of course, ultimately the right to complain belongs only with those who own the rights. But I'm just saying in the free anime pecking order, Crunchyroll is and should be last because they do absolutely nothing but take from others. At least fansubbers to not expect/want payment!

And for those saying that the Japanese companies should step up to support this: consider that Crunchyroll is going to make money off of this primarily because they have minimal overhead costs. They aren't paying for the subbing, production, or licensing rights, so naturally it's going to be lucrative until lawsuits shut it down. Companies that actually have to worry about such things would be much harder-pressed to make this model work.

-_-; I knew it! I knew that something like this was bound to happen. CR asks people to pay so they can watch more than what was limited to them. That's why, I refuse to pay CR beyond my free account over there (and I still dislike CR for all I care).

They get money off of illegal obtained stuff and fansubs that they themselves, never worked on. I look forward to seeing CR get in trouble one day.

How CAN it possibly to legal to invest in an illegal file sharing service? And how can such a service be allowed to make ad deals and have a board of directors?

Crunchyroll.com respects all copyright and license owners and adheres to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

"We’re here to prove the model on a windfall of content."

The company stated that it intends to begin inserting video ads into full-length episodes, and intends to work directly with "a select number of Japanese firms" to acquire content legally.