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Dargonxtc
 Posts: 4463 Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋 |
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This should be at the top of the article, insted of the bottom. I mean 31 sounds like college levels. But the thousands of copies is the big time. |
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hikura
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Can you say major jail time and major fines?Holy crap that guy made a small fortune doing that.
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kokuryu
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Heh - those wold have sold here in the US for $5 to $10 per series for DVD copies...
But it underscores my general point - if the DVDs are available, you should be selling the legal DVDs and not making copies of anything. And fansubs should never be sold. |
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hagakure|returns
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Fansub is just as illegal as copying dvd. Fansub is a copy of a show and is given free. |
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Emerje
 Posts: 7413 Location: Maine |
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To anyone that thinks nobody actually makes money off selling anime bootlegs, well, there you go. Even though the prices are higher than what domestic bootlegs sell for, keep in mind that this is just one person working alone. Think about all of the bootleg retailers just in the US selling both online and offline, the numbers add up very quickly.
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Lowlife187
 Posts: 157 Location: New Macross City |
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for that kind of money I would be bootlegging too 
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CCSYueh
 Posts: 2707 Location: San Diego, CA |
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Where you buying from? Maybe E-bay But the 2 shops here selling bootlegs sell about $25 for 13 eps & $40 for 26 ep series. Movies are about $15. |
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westbluef
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Heh, I've see worse.
Some sell fansubs they downloaded and people actually buy the stuff. Even if they see the "not for sale", they keep coming back. |
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ichido reichan
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Japan is the worst place to sell bootlegs, a single dvd cost 50.00 and a full set cost 220.00 where you can get hk bootlegs of the same shows for 9.00 and 25.00 and the benefit of the japanese is that they never complain for the bad engrish of the subs.
is their market, if you gonna sell bootlegs or drugs...the same punishment will come for you for the same crimes. |
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SharinganEye
 Posts: 402 Location: Les Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
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Why is it that DVDs are so expensive in Japan?
I remember hearing about some government imposed regulation over the DVD format or something, but I can't recall any specifics. |
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MorwenLaicoriel
 Posts: 1617 Location: Colorado |
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Am I the only one amused by the fact that he's a used-car salesman?
"Come on down to Discount Rob's Used Car and Bootleg Anime Emporium! These deals are so crazy, they're ILLEGAL!" |
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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LOL! That was awesome. It's good to see more crackdowns on these types of things. |
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