HdE
Comic Book Guy
Does that qualify as a controversial statement around here?
Seriously - I've been doing a bit of research into issues pertaining to piracy, fansubs and bootlegging lately, and discovered some really fantastic material on YouTube.
Anyhoo, as it turns out, the much-maligned Greg Ayres is quite the anti piracy campaigner. And while there's an awful lot of preachy stuff on YouTube on the subject, I found his comments in one series of videos to be really enlightening and thought provoking.
I won't post a link here, but I'd encourage folks interested in the piracy discussion to head over to YouTube and do a search for 'Sogen con 2007 - fansubs panel'. There's a LOT to get through, spreadover multiple videos, so if you do check it out, make sure you have a sandwich and a cup of coffee to hand. Greg covers more than just fansubs (manga scanlations, bootlegging, etc.) with a little help from a handful of familiar faces - or should that be voices? Crispin Freeman and Tiffany Grant can be found in the audience
What's impressed me about these videos is Greg's absolutely watertight logic, excellent reasoning and affable personality. Everything he says either reaffims my own personal opinions on these matters or has educated me on points I was a little fuzzy over.
It's actually - in spite of the subject material - pretty entertaining stuff. Although do be aware that, seeing as the footage as shot in 2007, the industry landscape has changed since then.
I've found a few other videos there where Greg relates some really interesting anecdotes on the same topic.
Well worth a search.
Seriously - I've been doing a bit of research into issues pertaining to piracy, fansubs and bootlegging lately, and discovered some really fantastic material on YouTube.
Anyhoo, as it turns out, the much-maligned Greg Ayres is quite the anti piracy campaigner. And while there's an awful lot of preachy stuff on YouTube on the subject, I found his comments in one series of videos to be really enlightening and thought provoking.
I won't post a link here, but I'd encourage folks interested in the piracy discussion to head over to YouTube and do a search for 'Sogen con 2007 - fansubs panel'. There's a LOT to get through, spreadover multiple videos, so if you do check it out, make sure you have a sandwich and a cup of coffee to hand. Greg covers more than just fansubs (manga scanlations, bootlegging, etc.) with a little help from a handful of familiar faces - or should that be voices? Crispin Freeman and Tiffany Grant can be found in the audience
What's impressed me about these videos is Greg's absolutely watertight logic, excellent reasoning and affable personality. Everything he says either reaffims my own personal opinions on these matters or has educated me on points I was a little fuzzy over.
It's actually - in spite of the subject material - pretty entertaining stuff. Although do be aware that, seeing as the footage as shot in 2007, the industry landscape has changed since then.
I've found a few other videos there where Greg relates some really interesting anecdotes on the same topic.
Well worth a search.