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A big wave of controversy hit the anime scene recently, thanks to a blog posting by Bang Zoom president Eric Sherman, basically railing against fansubbers and anime pirates for ruining the industry. Well we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to comment on this. So strap yourself in and get ready for a… controversial show!
Be sure and check the Otaku no Podcast website for full show notes, including links to the stories we discuss, as well as our picks!
Today’s Opening Music: “Northern Cross,” by May’n (2nd ending theme from the anime Macross Frontier)
Stories that we discuss:
Anime – R.I.P.
Bang Zoom says anime is going to die — is it true? (response to Bang Zoom article from Japanator)
Anime Die When They Are Killed (another response from Japanator)
Fansub (Wikipedia article)
DMCA notices
BayTSP using crawlers in order to obtain ip’s from torrents and to send DMCA….
Odex’s actions against file-sharing
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Wikipedia article)
ACTA treaty aims to deputize ISPs on copyrights
France passes harsh anti-P2P three-strikes law (again)
Digital Economy Act likely to increase households targeted for piracy
Australian Government fails again on Internet Censorship
ADV Fansubs Announces City Hunter 2 Pre-order
Largest US Anime Distributor Goes BitTorrent
Crunchyroll creates more ripples throughout anime industry
Big Swoop for Crunchyroll
Blockbuster Goes Bankrupt In Portugal, Blames Piracy
Take-Two blames piracy for poor GTA: Chinatown Wars sales
US government finally admits most piracy estimates are bogus
Oops: MPAA admits college piracy numbers grossly inflated
Fair Use Generates $4.7 Trillion For US Economy
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Leiji Matsumoto Daft Punk music video
Nine Inch Nails Lays Raw Concert Footage on Fans
Congress Asks NBC Why Hulu Blocked Boxee
Crunchyroll app now available in Boxee
The Pirate Anime FAQ
JList (definitely NSFW) and JBox (SFW)
PowerAnime
Our Picks:
Me – Bubblegum Crisis, HEROMAN, Angel Beats!, Air Video
Dave – Daemon, Freedom(TM)
Michelle – Daria, Hetalia Axis Powers, Sita Sings the Blues, Ursei Yatsura
DJ City/DJ Gladiator – Ikimonogakari, Blue Bird, Nostalgia, Best Hit NARUTO (w/ DVD, Limited Pressing), Sour music video
Plugs:
Me – DonaldBurr.com. Come see my panel at FanimeCon, May 28-31, 2010! (Look for “Anime Podcasting for n00bs” in the program guide – current preliminary schedule has us on Sunday at 12 noon)
Michelle – Cartoon Geeks, Cartoon Brew
Dave – Later Stars (use invite code: OTAKU)
DJ City/DJ Gladiator – TJX – The Japan Xperience
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:38:24 — 45.2MB)
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