XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: kumonryuu@hotmail.com   
      
   "B Sellers"  wrote in message   
   news:i08khh$m30$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   > On 06/27/2010 12:50 PM, Starcade wrote:   
   >> On Jun 27, 10:07 am, B Sellers  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>          Scanning and translation groups are attempting to drag manga   
   >>> and anime into the 21st Century.  There are a multitude of modern   
   >>> ways for the mangaka and even the publisher on appropriate media   
   >>> to get ample reimbursement if they would ditch the mindset that   
   >>> paper is required or useful in a modern age.   
   >>   
   >> In doing so, they effectively destroy both art forms, because the   
   >> expenses involved cannot be recouped in the digital age.   
   >   
   > Strangely enough music makes a profit or is Itunes a fantasy?   
   > I wouldn't know because I buy CDs when I want songs.  Comes   
   > with being 73 in another 6 weeks or so.   
      
   The music industry makes considerably less money now, including the revenue   
   from ITunes.   
      
   >>   
   >> Wake up and stop justifying stealing the motherfucking product!!   
   >>   
   >> Mike   
   >   
   > Where is the product I have stolen?  I would happily buy it from   
   > the shelves or via Internet but oh a IP owner stuck his finger in the   
   > eye of the Consumer by refusing to license the rest of Yawara to   
   > a US publisher.   
      
   If they did that, why do you not respect their wishes? It seems hard to   
   reconcile this position with your original one about trying to support the   
   mangaka. Do their wishes only matter when they coincide with what you want   
   anyway?   
      
   > Even after this insult if he managed to get his product to   
   > market on a DVD or downloadable ISO file then I would be   
   > happy to spend money on a good subtitled version.  But the   
   > US dollar does not impress the IP holder, or maybe you should   
   > read the mangaka's complaints on the matter at:   
   >   
   >