Will you still actively watch anime if every illegal source of anime was shut down?

Shuhan said:
Paying for something with terrible quality isnt really my style. Literally everything I download now is 1080p.

retrogamer32x said:

I want to nip that in the bud before the idea even gets started - it is a civil, not criminal, offense to download. No, you won't go to jail. But, you can be sued for $300,000 U.S. (actually, your parent whose name is on the ISP bill will be) for downloading ONE title (U.S. copyright law is in desperate need of reform); some content rights holders are doing this, it's a practice called copyright trolling. They will usually offer to settle for between $3,000 and $10,000 based on your income. Florida is one of the worst states for this, just read about Prenda Law. Before you say this hasn't happened with anime yet, yes it has, that's part of why I'm not crazy about supporting FUNi these days. Hollywood is also doing it, a notable example is Dallas Buyer's Club.

Here are some relevant blogs on copyright trolling, to give you an idea of how widespread this is:
http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/
http://dietrolldie.com/

The_Dean_Scream said:
Define illegal? Cuz I was reading a thing the other day that said, In Florida at least, that it's not illegal to download, just illegal to distribute. I'm not going back to watching ONLY mainstream anime via TV or what have you, and I pay too many bills to religiously buy everything I want to watch. I do buy my favorite anime box sets though (when I can afford them). I have many sitting on my shelf like battle trophies.

retrogamer32x said:

I want to nip that in the bud before the idea even gets started - it is a civil, not criminal, offense to download. No, you won't go to jail. But, you can be sued for $300,000 U.S. (actually, your parent whose name is on the ISP bill will be) for downloading ONE title (U.S. copyright law is in desperate need of reform); some content rights holders are doing this, it's a practice called copyright trolling. They will usually offer to settle for between $3,000 and $10,000 based on your income. Florida is one of the worst states for this, just read about Prenda Law. Before you say this hasn't happened with anime yet, yes it has, that's part of why I'm not crazy about supporting FUNi these days. Hollywood is also doing it, a notable example is Dallas Buyer's Club.

Here are some relevant blogs on copyright trolling, to give you an idea of how widespread this is:
http://fightcopyrighttrolls.com/
http://dietrolldie.com/

retrogamer32x said:

Defending themselves from infringement can be done by shutting down the streaming sites, and using six strikes notices to go after the downloaders without suing them. Six strikes was implemented as an educational tool to stop these lawsuits. I also don't think that $7000 is fair market value for some crummy movie, there need to be reasonable caps set on settlement amounts (or better yet, do away with these john doe IP address suits altogether). There are easy ways that you could stop the piracy, if you want: For instance, watermark the streams/files based on each users' account (many streaming services already do this), then you can just go after the uploader, not the parent of every kid who thinks they are screwing over the man by using torrents. Many of these rights holders are actually seeding their own content.

EDIT: This summarizes how I feel about current U.S. Copyright law - might be NSFW.

Strayfe said:


1080p for an ep of animu is excessive and a waste of time to torrent. 720p is the sharpest resolution you can actually discern any visual changes compared to lower resolutions. Also it's pretty great to sit out on comfy living room furniture to kick back and watch anime on CR using the Roku.

OppaiSugoi said:
If there's a site that doesn't do censoring, them MAYBE I'd consider subscribing.

My take on it is this: My family was in farming for over 100 years in America before it become mechanized, but it when it did, they had to adapt and get out of farming. Some farmers got larger to survive, becoming the giant corporate farms today, and the yeoman farmer is mostly no more. Sometimes life gives you crap, you make the best of it and figure it out or you move on to something else. What I was always taught, and still believe, is that lawyers are ultimately parasites on society, and once you resort to using them to shake people down you're just as bad as they are, so I just don't buy that argument.

ToaofJustice said:
Am I the only person who buys Anime physically?

Don't you guys like having, organizing and looking at your collection?

shuhan said:
Paying for something with terrible quality isnt really my style. Literally everything I download now is 1080p.

notsomacho said:
Absolutely not

fuck supporting the creators. If they wanted support they'd make better shit

retrogamer32x said:
My take on it is this: My family was in farming for over 100 years in America before it become mechanized, but it when it did, they had to adapt and get out of farming. Some farmers got larger to survive, becoming the giant corporate farms today, and the yeoman farmer is mostly no more. Sometimes life gives you crap, you make the best of it and figure it out or you move on to something else.

TheDerpMan said:


You're not alone, man. I love adding to my collection. I regularly walk into best buy and check the anime section.