Hotfile shut down
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Edit: Yes i get them from fan subbing sites because no company is willing to license it and sell it. I buy what i can and take what i can't.
I'm certain there's tonnes of legitimate content being lost on every shutdown some of it permanently if it's not very common or popular.
I think people should be allowed to sue the MPAA or RIAA if they take down content they don't own.
Give me a way of watching what i like the moment it comes out (not 3 years later) and I'll pay for it.
Otherwise I'll do whatever it takes to get it.
There's still series that I watched and enjoyed over 5 years ago that are still not translated and sold outside of japan so should i waste my tine waiting for a miracle because of the Berne Convention?
If the market is not willing to do it the community will plain and simple.
The problem is at the moment the community is a lot better at offering what people want then any company.
So you should care, as he/she was pointing out a false statement in your original post and what you claim to be legal is actually illegal. Whether you change your use of fansub animes is really besides the point.
Anime communities are pretty strict in asking people to buy licensed DVDs and to take down torrents for series that receive a US release.
However the flaw is that copyright still doesn't negate the old saying of "strike when the iron is hot" and no copyright length will protect your potential revenue if you don't move fast enough.
I guess I should find another example of non copyright work although even doujinshi which i would argue should be considered original work due to the time and effort of the author are considered illegal since they use copyrighted elements.
Copyright prevents derivative works and stifles creativity. Just look at the UK comic scene all the comics are original works no doujinshi at all and i suspect its because copyright is too strict and you wouldn't get a table if you wanted to sell one the organizers of the event would be afraid of being sued.
It's a win-win from what i see it.
Community gets funding they don't have to pay for another translation and make a little more profit.
Well, sorry but "sensei" just means "doctor", "professor" or "teacher" depending on the context, it's not some mysterious magic title that can't be translated.
The folks watching it with me found the Disney sub confusing when I had no trouble keeping up with the original.
So there's a balancing act, and I'll agree that otakus are too quick to leave stuff untranslated, commercial translators are too agressive at picking a word that doesn't fit.
On the other hand, consider a series in which character A calls character B "B kun" while character C calls character B "B sempai".
Most of the time it doesn't matter enough to try and bother with a good way of translating that, but sometimes it comes up in the plot, perhaps several episodes into the show.
Choosing to leave those untranslated isn't anything new, nor unique to fansubs. The Early '90s AnimeEigo translation of the Aa! Megamisamaa OVA left them untranslated in some cases, with a note on the top of the screen.
Yes, fansubs could use better copy-editing, but so could some professional subs. The biggeset offender is that I have seen several instances of English loan-words left in their rōmaji spelling rather than their proper English spellings in commercial subtitles.
Some of the higher production value translations will go for a very literal subtitle translation and a highly figurative dub translation. An example of this is the "Tenchi Forever" restaurant scene translation where The dub is roughly:
Waiter: "Would you like coffee after your meal?"
Diner: "No"
Waiter: "Would you like tea with that"
Diner: "Yes"
For those not in the know, the difference is incredible. Contrast a DVD release with crappy bitmapped, two-colour subtitles with interlaced video to a file with nice anti-aliased subs, often more contextual information/better translations, and in a small file size (thanks to a modern codec[1]) and a mobile-device-ready format to boot. There really is no contest.
To put it another way, it wouldn't surprise me if many people end up watching fansubbed versions of shows they already own just because it's better and more convenient.
[1]For proof of this just see VLC's release notes for all the improvements we have thanks to anime fans pushing adoption of modern technologies.
"This judgment by the court is another important step toward protecting an Internet that works for everyone"
Edit: I get a feelling that these quotes in the article have been created off the hn title generator tool [0]
Don't prosecutors ever learn? Megaupload blew up in their faces and now the next one...
Every hosting service can and will be used for copyright infringement - Google's Blogspot is a nice example. They host(ed) hundreds of "piracy" blogs (and took them down on DMCA notice, like Hotfile/MU did), so do I have to fear my blog being taken down because some idiots sue Google?
The only thing that protects me/my data from this scenario is that Google is Too Big To Be Sued.
For a start, yes. Never trust data solely to a 3rd party and never assume data hosted solely by a single 3rd party is going to be reliably available. It doesn't matter how redundant their systems are internally, to an external user they are still a single point of failure.
The other thing to learn is that if you use cloud hosting avoid the ones that openly attract (or are know to turn a blind eye to where-ever possible) unlicensed copyright covered material. Also avoid most things that are "free" which includes ad-sponsored upload+distribute sites - they always attract iffy content often could not survive without the add revenue from it. Those that offer to pay you for impressions are even worse on all these counts. You can't expect more than what you pay for, and to be honest unless you are careful about your provider selection you can't reliably expect what you have paid for half the time...
"We", as in "tech-savy population", know about SPOFs, backups and such - but not an everyday person.
There is nothing much we can do about that though, other than beat people with the clue-stick until such time as they grow a protective layer of cynicism.
I'll help by educating people where I can, but there is a point beyond which I refuse to take responsibility for people doing the wrong thing because they don't know any better and don't take a second to think: often it is down to things looking too good to be true (to the point where zero/little techie skills/experience are needed to see this) or things quite obviously being dodgy - if people lose data in either case I have little sympathy. Maybe losing important data is the only way they'll ever learn.
Give a user a good fish and they'll be fed without poisoning today. Teach a user to fish safely and they'll potentially be fed safely for life. Users who refuse to engage their brain and learn to fish safely? Let 'em starve or get poisoned.
Of course if you see data you might want in future hosted in an impractical manner, take a copy now and make sure you put it somewhere (or several somewheres) more safe.
"What should they learn? That one can not rely on cloud hosting?"
Correct. Only an utter mug trusts and / or "relies" the cloud. Great for utility, but trust? Secure? Rely? No. Never. At the very, very least users should back up anything valuable saved on a "cloud". No, you cannot rely on "cloud" hosting. Use it by all means, dont rely on it though.
"The only thing that protects me/my data from this scenario is that Google is Too Big To Be Sued."
No copies of your own?
After Mega and so forth, if you keep data on a cloud, and a government takes it away, but you have no back up of it, its you own fault. While I might understand a normal mug users being caught like this, a reader of HN should be literally de-HNed for being in such a situation. If a hacker does not accept the compromise of the cloud, then there is no hope.
For the sake of mere mortals who are not geeks or hackers, I think its about time cloud providers were made to state the clear limitations and risks of their services. Ordinary users trust these services, and such ordinary people can lose very valuable, deeply personal things like family photos. A cloud service can be a part of a backup strategy, but never ever the whole thing.
The cloud is a trade off between free or cheap easy utility, and reliability and security. Know that, then choose and act appropriately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0n8N98mpes
The moles keep coming forever though...
The MPAA/RIAA/equivalent are industry bodies that are funded to protect their members. These members want to see a return on their investment, and press coverage about shutting down a high profile filesharing site shows that they're doing something. Everyone wins.
Of course it will have no impact on the availability of filesharing sites. If anything, the rise in bitcoin mining malware will make it even more profitable to set up such services.
At least until someone incorporates the data into the blockchain.
They need to realize that they are tilting at windmills.
Sorta like Microsoft Support Technicians.
Take me for example - I wouldn't have the faintest clue where to go find an illegal copy of a TV season on a "File Locker" - but I have zero problem finding legit stuff on iTunes or Amazon or Netflix.
I think the MPAA / RIAA have been very effective - in 2004/2005, there were a ton of places I knew about to download stolen content - but today - nope.
google.com
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/12/hotfile-settles-c...