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post May 31 2007, 10:10 PM
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Screw the glowing key and face. I want a bikini-clad, hot-pants-wearing-chick-with-a-big-gun who squashes her mammaries on my face without feeling uncomfortable. laugh.gif
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QUOTE(wolfx @ May 31 2007, 10:10 PM)
Screw the glowing key and face. I want a bikini-top, leather-skirt-wearing-chick-with-spectacles who squashes her mammaries on my face without feeling uncomfortable. laugh.gif
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post Jun 2 2007, 06:28 AM
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post Jun 2 2007, 10:41 AM
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QUOTE(wolfx @ May 31 2007, 10:10 PM)
Screw the glowing key and face. I want a bikini-clad, hot-pants-wearing-chick-with-a-big-gun who squashes her mammaries on my face without feeling uncomfortable. laugh.gif
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LIES!! UR A LOLITARD!! U HAET BREAST!
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post Jun 2 2007, 02:18 PM
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LIES!! UR A LOLITARD!! U HAET BREAST!
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post Jun 2 2007, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE(wolfx @ Jun 2 2007, 06:28 AM)

I doubt that people will think twice of obeying the law, since not all lows are meant to be followed. Oh the paranonia....

...which is why I'm thankful to God for being a Malaysian. laugh.gif
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post Jun 2 2007, 07:06 PM
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Article from Straits Times.

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HEADLINE: Getting anime illegally online? Beware;
Japanese animated cartoons distributor sending letters to culprits warning of legal action

BYLINE: Chua Hian Hou

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PRICES of anime DVDs here are the world's lowest, but fans of these Japanese animated cartoons prefer to get them online - for free.

Now they may land in the soup because a crackdown has been launched, and they are the targets for downloading these English-subtitled cartoons through file-sharing networks.

Local anime distributor Odex, which brings in the DVDs from Japan, has sent out letters to culprits it has identified as having downloaded these 'fansubs' using the Internet and peer-to-peer systems like BitTorrent.

'Fansubs' are the works subtitled by bilingual fans of anime as a service to the community of non-Japanese-speaking anime fans.

Odex spokesman Stephen Sing would not say how many legal letters have been issued.

A copy of one such letter obtained by The Straits Times announced that Odex would take legal action against the alleged downloader unless he settled the issue. Odex did not say what constituted a settlement.

The letter to this particular alleged downloader - a SingNet subscriber - came attached with a three-page listing of alleged downloads.

Mr Sing said that Odex, together with the Anti Video Piracy Association of Singapore, had no choice but to take legal action, because 'pirates' here download more anime files than any other country except the United States, which was 'ridiculous, considering our population'.

Anime fansubs, around since the 1980s, used to come in video cassettes, but the Internet and BitTorrent have made it cheap and easy to get hold of the cartoons.

An anime fan here, who declined to be named, said the community was downloading fansubs because original anime works were of poor quality and overpriced.

Mr Sing's counter: 'Perception problem.'

Focus groups, he said, have been unable to differentiate fansubs from its DVDs when played back on a 42-inch TV set.

Mr Sing added that on a per-DVD basis, prices here were the world's lowest, and that even when Odex bundled three DVDs for a $9.90 trial offer, fans did not bite.

In the US, the price of a two-DVD set costs between US$15 and US$20, depending on the anime title.

The anime fan was dismissive of the crackdown and said it would not stop fansub piracy. The community is tech-savvy and will find ways to continue downloading without getting caught, he said.

Under Singapore's Copyright Act, users found guilty of 'wilful' and 'significant' downloads face fines of up to $20,000 and up to six months behind bars.

The Act does not specify what constitutes a significant number of downloads.
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post Jun 2 2007, 07:14 PM
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An anime fan here, who declined to be named, said the community was downloading fansubs because original anime works were of poor quality and overpriced.

Mr Sing's counter: 'Perception problem.'

Focus groups, he said, have been unable to differentiate fansubs from its DVDs when played back on a 42-inch TV set.

Second counter : 'not perception problem' Fans are more concern about the quality of subs not the quality of the picture! rclxub.gif

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post Jun 2 2007, 08:09 PM
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If they think it's bad quality, obviously they haven't tried AnimeTech in Malaysia!
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post Jun 2 2007, 09:21 PM
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If they think it's bad quality, obviously they haven't tried AnimeTech in Malaysia!
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post Jun 2 2007, 09:26 PM
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QUOTE(Hangmen @ May 19 2007, 07:24 PM)
Oh ho, and many people here talked about wanting to move to Singapore for a 'better' life. Indeed they'll get their better life in Singapore, in exchange for so many things that we Malaysians enjoy on the Internet: Torrents and free porn.
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if im a singaporean , i can still come 2 msia get those stuff and go back to spore.
haha..but still, at lleast there is something to be proud of as msian.
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post Jun 2 2007, 09:49 PM
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QUOTE(EmperorMeng @ Jun 2 2007, 09:26 PM)
if im a singaporean , i can still come 2 msia get those stuff and go back to spore.
haha..but still, at lleast there is something to be proud of as msian.
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post Jun 2 2007, 09:51 PM
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Shit, did you see that PDF file here:
http://www.riuva.com/?p=628

The appendix contains a list of all the file the person downloaded, including date, ISP and IP and even protocol.

Big Brother is really watching. This is a very sad day for freedom.

The downloaders may be able to fight back though. If the date-of-issue of the licence is after the date of download, then ODEX (Singapore's anime distributer) cannot press charges.

But I heard that unlike those days, now these companies get licences for the anime during it's production cycle. Don't know how true this is, but if it is true, then it's truly truly truly a sad day.

Personally, I wouldn't mind paying for the anime if they maintained the Japanese audio and added a GOOD QUALITY ENGLISH SUBTITLE
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post Jun 2 2007, 10:44 PM
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oh... we should feel thankful... at least through some backdoor, we still able to bypass throttling by tmnut and without getting caught wink.gif
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post Jun 3 2007, 02:49 AM
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heh, so much for freedom in singapore. Sadly unlike the US where you have Tokyopop, Viz, ADV, etc slashing prices and giving higer quality animes to fans, Singaporeans are monopolised by just one distributor.
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There are other distributors, just that this ODEX is the big fish.
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post Jul 16 2007, 07:07 PM
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http://l-lawliet.nutang.com/ <-- this blogger's mum is now facing charges because it was her line that was used to download anime....
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post Jul 17 2007, 12:31 PM
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That dude is so fuxxed.
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post Jul 17 2007, 12:50 PM
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His poor mom. sad.gif

So now Singaporeans are crying foul despite being in piracy and blaming the whole world but themselves. I wonder how this will turn out.
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post Jul 17 2007, 11:35 PM
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They should move to korea where korean wont bother bout japanese licensing.
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