XPost: alt.video.dvd, rec.arts.anime   
   From: dragonhunter@mchsi.com   
      
   "Rob Kelk"  wrote in message   
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   > Anti-Flag  wrote:   
   > > "Anti-Flag"  wrote in message   
   > > news:HDKMa.23285$fG.11594@sccrnsc01...   
   > >   
   > >>Rob: my apologies for the rudeness of my post, even though the beliefs   
   in   
   > >>the post are what I see as true, I realise that my delivery of them was   
   > >   
   > > rude,   
   > >   
   > >>and you have my apologies for that, that being said, id like to say more   
   > >>(yay!)   
   >   
   > It's okay - this is Usenet, and tempers often run high.  I'm used to it.   
   >   
   > > #0.5 I assume that by "licenced" you mean legal or official releases.   
   >   
   > Yes.   
   >   
   > >>#1 ive never bought bootleg anime, as I never have money.   
   > >   
   > > or, atleast a credet card, and if did by "bootleg" anime, id buy   
   unlicensed,   
   > > fansubbd anime, or id buy the used licenced official releases anime at   
   my   
   > > video store, or at the used video store or form myt frinds (this all   
   makes   
   > > your prices go up more then piracy ever cold hope too.)   
   >   
   > Well, the used official releases has already been paid for by someone   
   > else, so the anime creators get a little bit of money from that.  (The   
   > licence fee gets spread across the entire official DVD pressing run, so   
   > each official DVD puts a couple of dollars back into the licence fee   
   > fund.  Those licence fees go back to the original anime studios, who use   
   > it to make more anime.)   
   im  just being a bitch now, but the bootleggers had to buy a dvd/vhs to copy   
   it so they paid for the official releases, so some money goes back to the   
   anime creators.   
      
   >   
   > While fansubs are technically illegal, I don't have a problem with them   
   > if nobody charges any money for them (say, if they're downloaded from   
   > IRC).  It's when people start charging for them, like the "Anime DVD   
   > Movies" people appear to be doing, that I get upset...   
   >   
   > >>#2 Company's use that excuse too much, the makers of CDs one said that   
   > >>bootlegs make the cost of the CDs prices, now the same company's might   
   be   
   > >>owing CD buyers a lot of money for illegally boosting prices.   
   >   
   > There is a difference between CDs and DVDs, though.  I can't see any   
   > reason why a single CD should cost more than about $US10, or maybe $US12   
   > for a niche release.  Anything higher than that is just profiteering by   
   > somebody, IMHO.  But DVDs cost more to make than CDs do - I'd expect to   
   > pay $US20-$US35 for one (the higher end being reserved for the DVDs with   
   > plenty of extras).  Add in the licence fee that the official releasers   
   > have to pay the original anime companies so that *they* can afford to   
   > make more anime, and there's another $US2-$US5 per DVD...   
   >   
   > >>#3 as we all know I am not very mature....   
   >   
   > Who is?     
   >   
   > --   
   > Rob Kelk                Personal address: robkelk -at- jksrv -dot- com   
   >            Any opinions here are mine, not the Government's.   
   >                 Any opinions here are mine, not ONAG's.   
   >   
      
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