Singapore cracks down on anime piracy
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Wrong they catch both now.Originally posted by gigabyte14:i think they catch the direct download ones only
cos bt is legal ma
But focusing on BT mainly.
If you using singtel more dangerous, i heard they working with singtel more closely. -
bt the technology is legal, but the files shared are not, and the people that shares illegal files are naturally "criminals" in the eyes of the law.Originally posted by gigabyte14:i think they catch the direct download ones only
cos bt is legal ma -
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=156525
some ppl posted in vr zone forums....juz for u guys to take a @@
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walao eh, den bleach how?
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You know, this really pisses me off whenever they try to restrict us from getting any form of anime. Heck, I don't even feel Singapore is not a democratic anymore, it's turning much into a dictatorship, just like Nazi Germany, and a money-minded country instead of its old, people-minded views. What? Wanna watch anime? Buy it from ODEX? They have a lousiest quality called subs ever! I've bought once from them, 'Love Hina', and guess what? I can barely make out the subs as the words were warped! What i do? I gave it to a friend of mine and said good riddance to that only bought anime.
Fansubs does their jobs way, way better than any licensed companies, as they are more dedicated to the shows, and more concerned on the people who are watching it, not money. Seriously, if the term 'Money is the root of all evil', is correct, then Singapore and its money-mindedness is pissing me off.
Yes, I'm a Singaporean as well, but I cannot agree to this calibre these so-called 'legal action' are doing. Hmph, they are just monopolising the industry that has yet to be captured in the wrong hands. Idiots they are... Maybe they are just little whiners like these...
MONOPOLISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Everyone knows the problem here is monopoly...
So, the solution here is competition...
We live in the internet age... why don't someone start a legal online download in Singapore...? ODEX sells at $30 per 12-13 per episodes... that's $2.30 per episode... I bet by removing the CD cost, the CD printing, the box cover and printing, the price would drop significantly, leaving only the license, upkeep and minor profit cost... -
well, too bad lo. this goes for the same as d.l music. wan catch pple for d.l music illegally but YET dey do not have a some kind of "main" music provider so that pple can d.l musicl illegally for a v small fee (mind u, i think if singapore were to hav these kind of service, dey sure charge u sky high fee for a song).
same goes for anime. though i nt anime fan n i dun watch anime but some of my frenz do watch. and i think it is time for u anime fans to stand up and speak for urself. yup~ -
go to malaysia to buy.
they got lots of anime at cheap price.
Since singapore is so crazy about the crackdown so that the legal industry can earn why not buy from malaysia then?
the more you feed the legal industry in singapore, the more money they had to fight with you.
Stop buy from legals and buy from other countries. -
Have you seen malaysian anime...??? Its sucks... DVD quality sucks and subbing sucks... its like they got it from Taiwan or something...Originally posted by zeny:go to malaysia to buy.
they got lots of anime at cheap price.
Since singapore is so crazy about the crackdown so that the legal industry can earn why not buy from malaysia then?
the more you feed the legal industry in singapore, the more money they had to fight with you.
Stop buy from legals and buy from other countries. -
buy malaysia legal ones la. though i dunnoe how much. hahaha. but for those music albums, for example S.H.E'S recent album. one cost $18.90 in singapore, but in malaysia, one cost RM$40 bucks for one in legal stores. well....i nt too sure......for anime's case, if the quality is better, why nt get it over dere?Originally posted by MohamedF:Have you seen malaysian anime...??? Its sucks... DVD quality sucks and subbing sucks... its like they got it from Taiwan or something... -
Coz malaysia, there is no sure way to see weather the quality is good or not... I bought "Scrapped Princess" from Malaysia once, good packaging and even got a Malaysian anti-piracy seal, but inside pirated DVD... -.-vOriginally posted by hiphop2009:buy malaysia legal ones la. though i dunnoe how much. hahaha. but for those music albums, for example S.H.E'S recent album. one cost $18.90 in singapore, but in malaysia, one cost RM$40 bucks for one in legal stores. well....i nt too sure......for anime's case, if the quality is better, why nt get it over dere? -
Getting anime illegally online? Beware
Japanese animated cartoons distributor sending letters to culprits warning of legal action
By Chua Hian Hou, June 1, 2007
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. -
apparently a lot of those that got caught was dattebayo users.
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my frenz oso kana liao...tio letter...he damn scare liao
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the chinese paper Zao Bao yesterday interviewed a big shot at Anti Video Piracy Association of Singapore.
i don't like his attitude. he says nobody will be spared. they will give those caught 2 choices, give them warning letters and tell the downloaders to meet up with them, explain to them what is their motive in downloading. if refuses, they will use the evidences and charge them in court.
we know downloading is wrong but must the spoke person be so ya ya, arrogant and presumptuous. KNN who do he think he is? screw him! -
Direct dl please.
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hope his kid also get caught...Originally posted by Gordonator:the chinese paper Zao Bao yesterday interviewed a big shot at Anti Video Piracy Association of Singapore.
i don't like his attitude. he says nobody will be spared. they will give those caught 2 choices, give them warning letters and tell the downloaders to meet up with them, explain to them what is their motive in downloading. if refuses, they will use the evidences and charge them in court.
we know downloading is wrong but must the spoke person be so ya ya, arrogant and presumptuous. KNN who do he think he is? screw him! -
It's going to cause a major conspiracy here if his kid gets caught for downloading anime illegally. It's going to show how biased the community can get. Serves him right if that happens. And if you said was right, he shouldn't have boasted like some idiot showing off his money and upper-class status. Low-lives they are, stooping that low to threat, by saying 'No one will be spared'. 'No one will be spared', my foot. NNBCCBSOABFT
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i will scan in the chinese article later, as proof of how ya ya he is. KNN!
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got u can dl mp3 via itunes for 1 dollar i thinkOriginally posted by hiphop2009:well, too bad lo. this goes for the same as d.l music. wan catch pple for d.l music illegally but YET dey do not have a some kind of "main" music provider so that pple can d.l musicl illegally for a v small fee (mind u, i think if singapore were to hav these kind of service, dey sure charge u sky high fee for a song).
same goes for anime. though i nt anime fan n i dun watch anime but some of my frenz do watch. and i think it is time for u anime fans to stand up and speak for urself. yup~ -
i think on starhub it's taiwanese who dubbd it.....i dun find it crappy...crappy one is english dubbed....Originally posted by Gordonator:singapore anime fanbase will be doomed. where else can we get to watch anime 1 day after Japan?
on starhub cable and it crappy china accented dub, which takes months, even years to get to shown on TV?
it will also affect the local toys/collectibles/figurines/modelling industry. -
i wanna watch Gundam 00
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yalor yalorOriginally posted by Gordonator:singapore anime fanbase will be doomed. where else can we get to watch anime 1 day after Japan?
on starhub cable and it crappy china accented dub, which takes months, even years to get to shown on TV?
it will also affect the local toys/collectibles/figurines/modelling industry.
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the dubbed no, BU YAOOOO BU YAOOOOO!!!Originally posted by The man who was death:i think on starhub it's taiwanese who dubbd it.....i dun find it crappy...crappy one is english dubbed....
