A friend of mine pointed out something interesting someone posted in one of our local forums…
u know rite i find it really amusing tt AFA08 is promoting the concert of May’n, a seiyu famous for Macross Frontier but Macross Frontier isn’t even available in DVDs in SG, (or) available on cable TV. so how do all the fans know abt Macross Frontier? so might as well go sue all those going for this May’n concert since most likely they watch Macross Frontier thru some illegal mean unless they prove they import the DVDs.
this is like so stupid, want to promote anime and yet try to kill anime at the same time, so typical sg.
Source: HWZ Forums
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I always thought the sudden silence after the odex case was abit ominous although I tried to ignore that. Anyway, it looks like shit is about to hit the fan. I wonder how do they define a heavy downloader? Another 9 year old kid perhaps?
I’m not going into the whole argument of fansubs versus DVD thing because it has been argued to death and back countless of times. Instead, why not you just read the article and decide for yourself?
Article after the break.
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Source: VR-Zone forums, HardwareZone forums
The online anime community is set buzzing with discussions again when someone posted on various forums about a lawyer letter sent to him on behalf of Showgate Inc. by Rajah and Tann Transnational Legal Solutions.
The letter can be found here
It was said on forums that the anime “Devil May Cry” was downloaded using Bit Torrent and the information was captured by Singnet with the request from Showgate Inc. Singnet is one of the ISPs in Singapore.
With the recent ruling from the Odex Saga,
However, in 2007, Odex added the names of the real six Japanese copyright holders to its case (GDH, Kadokawa Pictures, Showgate, Sunrise, TV Tokyo MediaNet and Yomiuri Telecasting) which, it turns out, was a smart move. Although Justice Woo Bih Li denied Odex a chance to see the records, the real copyright holders are in a position to sue – so he granted them full access to the records instead.
