Singapore cracks down on anime piracy

• ndmmxiaomayi

  1 Jun 07, 23:06

  Originally posted by MohamedF:

  link please...

  Can't find the link. Lost it.
• ditzy

  1 Jun 07, 23:06

  Its in today's straits times.
• Parka

  1 Jun 07, 23:09

  Wonder what they are going to crack down next.
  
  Downloading of scanned manga?
• MohamedF

  1 Jun 07, 23:12

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Its in today's straits times.

  can post up the article?
• furb

  1 Jun 07, 23:12

  Originally posted by Parka:

  Wonder what they are going to crack down next.
  
  Downloading of scanned manga?

  Might happens, that is if they establish one department called 'Singapore Anti-Manga Piracy Association' (SAMPA, lol?).
• frederikan

  1 Jun 07, 23:15

  haha... i wonder how many people will protest silently.
• Parka

  1 Jun 07, 23:25

  Just form a DC network and share within friends lor. Anyone who gets the letter can confirm the mole is inside the network.
• Gordonator

  1 Jun 07, 23:33

  Originally posted by MohamedF:

  I am very upset by this news...

  so am i.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  1 Jun 07, 23:36

  Originally posted by Parka:

  Just form a DC network and share within friends lor. Anyone who gets the letter can confirm the mole is inside the network.

  DC++ ?
• Parka

  1 Jun 07, 23:43

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  DC++ ?

  Yup.
  
  I happened to be inside one DC++ network years ago, and I must say it's like piracy sanctuary. The catch is the variety is not as unlimited as the world wide web, of course.
• qwerys

  1 Jun 07, 23:44

  i shall see how they will try to stop us.
  
  they are trying to crack down almost a million anime viewers.
  
  we'll see abt tt
• spadeTwo

  1 Jun 07, 23:45

  Originally posted by qwerys:

  i shall see how they will try to stop us.
  
  they are trying to crack down almost a million anime viewers.
  
  we'll see abt tt

  singapore u dunno meh
  they catch a few..
  others scared liao
  catch a few more...
  all stop liao...
  then wait some time
  then it will come back again
  then catch sumore then stop again
  its a cycle...
• Parka

  1 Jun 07, 23:47

  Those who don't get caught will never stop. It's an addiction.
• xfool

  1 Jun 07, 23:59

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  $30 for a 5 episode VCD set? NEVER!
  
  for DVD it's even more expensive. $50++ to $60+ for only 5 miserable episodes.

  eh wat anime cost so much?
  from wat I seen whole series(bout 26 ep) in dvd usually goes for $20-30+ unless it got a lot of episodes.
  
  well I dunno why must download animes(unless u plan to sell them?) when u can just watch it online.
  
  http://www.veoh.com/
  
  http://www.crunchyroll.com/
• Gordonator

  2 Jun 07, 00:15

  the newspaper article write until downloaders are all criminals like that. AVPA even make the 17 caught to pay compensation and even say that they will have tea session for the next batches of people they catch.
• stellazio

  2 Jun 07, 00:17

  CCB!
  
  so BT or direct download safer?
• Ito_^

  2 Jun 07, 00:23

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  CCB!
  
  so BT or direct download safer?

  direct download, i feel.
  
  BT has the risk of revealing ur ip to many peers at one time, and i believe most of these ppl are caught not from ISP side but by external investigation party then seek ISP to accumulate more sustainable evidence.
• allentyb

  2 Jun 07, 00:24

  this thread is making me stress out.......
• MohamedF

  2 Jun 07, 00:28

  Once again, raises the question... are they catching those downloading licensed anime or all anime...? Coz, why would they want to protect something they're not going to sell?
• Gordonator

  2 Jun 07, 00:31

  KNN they really force me to do this time.
  
  *takes out black note book*
  
  they better pray that i don't find out their names and faces.
• Parka

  2 Jun 07, 00:32

  Direct download is of course safer.
  
  Imagine your friend sending you an anime through MSN. If the ISP or RIAA can catch you, it means either your friend is a mole or the ISP/RIAA has been tapping your line.
  
  If the latter, it's going to be the biggest news event.
• Ito_^

  2 Jun 07, 00:34

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  KNN they really force me to do this time.
  
  *takes out black note book*
  
  they better pray that i don't find out their names and faces.

  dude ur black note book is pirated. pls expect a letter soon.
• stellazio

  2 Jun 07, 00:35

  Originally posted by Ito_^:

  direct download, i feel.
  
  BT has the risk of revealing ur ip to many peers at one time, and i believe most of these ppl are caught not from ISP side but by external investigation party then seek ISP to accumulate more sustainable evidence.

  oh no cb..
• allentyb

  2 Jun 07, 00:39

  stellazio
  
  you by, typing that post out, is outright, telling people something
  
• BrUtUs

  2 Jun 07, 00:40

  Originally posted by MohamedF:

  Once again, raises the question... are they catching those downloading licensed anime or all anime...? Coz, why would they want to protect something they're not going to sell?

  if its not licensed they cannot catch u ma...