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Top Gun wrote:

I could never see myself buying digital versions of anime series.

I would (at regional prices) if they allowed me to download the file for me to use at any time (like GOG) instead of renting the stream for a non defined amount of time (which is what Steam).

And why do so many commentators here suggest that the only alternative to paying for a Crunchyroll subscription is to pirate the shows it carries on Kiss?

I watched LWA via fansubs, but I also have a Netflix subscription, so they lost nothing from my decision.

I don't mind ads though, as long as they're not the sort to take up all of my CPU.

I've bought a few things through iTunes that are sub-only (if a dub exists iTunes will only have the dub, although I did make a mistake with Nakaimo), not available physically in the UK, are uncensored compared to the simulcast, and have some sort of season discount.

They lost nothing... But the community loses because it reduces the number of people watching and thus the chances of Netflix staying in the game. (Though some would argue this is a *good* thing.)

I've also bought Sora no Woto, even though I already have it on DVD, because the DVDs have PAL speedup and it was pretty cheap.

People who try to justify piracy amuse me. Just own up to it. "I'm pirating because I don't want to pay for it!". Is that so hard?

Paiprince wrote:

Furuzaki wrote: maximilianjenus wrote: there are a lot of countries, where 7 dollars is the minimum wage for two days. If they are paid 3,5 dollars per day, you should realize they wouldn't even afford the technology to illegally watch shows. Stop posting troll comments. Also, low income doesn't justify crimes. It sad and depressing that they are being severely underpaid, yes. But it still wrong to commit crimes, though if they must steal it should be food, not crap like tv-shows. Because god knows poor people can't have hobbies and must dedicate their existence just to live the next day right?

This. I just love how many people have an America-centric notion of income. Here in Portugal, there was a national student-owned computer program a decade ago. A already present economic crisis [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010–14_Portuguese_financial_crisis]erupted into a new level.[/url] So yeah, right now I am using a 10-year old Toshiba Satellite L40 that can barely play Youtube (VLC Player is lighter than any browser). All this whilst ''feasting'' on barley, and owing money to a grocery store, and no prospect of getting a job anytime soon, as I am labeled a handicapped (it's just Asperger's, for Christ's sake).

So yeah, poor people can own (old/used technology). And many have interests, and those interests are the thing keeping them sane. I care for actual criminality. Under the ''crime'' analogy, homosexuals getting hanged in Saudi Arabia got what they deserved, which is not true. That goes to show how absurd that logic is.

But some people, I assume, are Ayn Rand fans.

They lost nothing... But the community loses because it reduces the number of people watching and thus the chances of Netflix staying in the game. (Though some would argue this is a *good* thing.) The loss may be microscopic, but it's there nonetheless.

People who try to justify piracy amuse me. Just own up to it. "I'm pirating because I don't want to pay for it!". Is that so hard?

I also continue to find it amusing that people still complain about "we always hear the same voices" in English dubs but don't for Japanese dubs, where some seiyuu have hundreds of roles to their credits.

DmonHiro wrote:

People who try to justify piracy amuse me. Just own up to it. "I'm pirating because I don't want to pay for it!". Is that so hard?

I personally refuse to pay for a digital product. You don't own it, and it's just data you can easily find for free. I prefer pirating then buying disks when they come out.

Shiroi Hane wrote:

I've also bought Sora no Woto, even though I already have it on DVD, because the DVDs have PAL speedup and it was pretty cheap.

You mean to say that our Beez hardback release runs at an excessive framerate? While I would be unfazed by this news if true, I would nonetheless be close to the brink of being fazed.

And agreed to the second part. It's been pretty easy to identify them by ear (I have a good memory) and many of them use the same voice too. It's not exclusive to English dubs, but some people always have to find something to complain about in order to put Japanese voices on some pedestal of perfection.

Did anyone have this view before intellectual property was "easily found for free"? "I refuse to pay for cable TV, I'd rather connect my TV to my neighbor's cable and buy the VHS sets when they come out?"
You aren't paying for ownership. You will never own the shows--you are paying for the privilege of watching the work others created.

One of the most messed up things about pirate sites other than having to worry about virus//pop up ads, is the inconsistency of the quality of the subs. No show has this problem that I know other than Attack on Titan.
It's a real clusterf***.

DmonHiro wrote:

People who try to justify piracy amuse me. Just own up to it. "I'm pirating because I don't want to pay for it!". Is that so hard?

I personally refuse to pay for a digital product. You don't own it, and it's just data you can easily find for free. I prefer pirating then buying disks when they come out. You don't have to worry about Aniplex kicking in your door one day and taking back the Blu-Rays you bought like you do streaming services when their library expires or rotates out. Of course, that's assuming the show in question is even picked up by a streaming service to begin with.