Comments on: Fansubs Will Be Illegal In Singapore?

By: george

george — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:05:49 +0000

i don’t see how fansubs being banned is going to affect people who download animes off the internet anyway

nice site btw
love the layout and your comics

Silencers: Well, you never know what measures the gahmen and Eye-Ass-Pees will take to prevent P2P downloads. Of course, there’s always a workaround to all problems, no? Still, less trouble means less hassle, and we all prefer it that way.

Glad you took your time and enjoyed the site :D

By: simon

simon — Fri, 18 May 2007 12:25:29 +0000

hopefully it won’t come here, this clampdown. anime fans have it bad enough as it is. And i don’t see any way they are going to reduce the price of the ori stuff. look at music cds, until today the price hasn’t budged at all.

Silencers: Music CDs have been licensed here for decades, it’s no surprise that there is no change. The CDs are even printed and packaged here, and that’s been going on for a long time. If you notice, some CDs have the ‘Imported’ sticker, meaning that they’re not packaged in Bolehland. Sony Music artists from the US are a good example of this case.

Legit copies of anime on DVDs, however, are different. They are all licensed, packaged, and shipped from the US [save for the abundant RM10/disc pirated copies that were sold all over KL some time ago]. All those costs are in USD, and is transferred to the end user. If we can license and package the anime here, I think that would help to reduce the distribution costs in this region quite significantly.

By: Silly Pat

Silly Pat — Fri, 18 May 2007 08:03:28 +0000

Hear hear! I wouldn’t mind forking out cash if the subs were of quality, licensed, and REASONABLE.

C’mon, RM120 for a HK Sub rip of Blood+? Gimmie a break!

Silencers: As long as they don’t make any effort to stop the distribution of fansubs, I’m okay with licensing.