Celtic_Emperor
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Especially those who use it to watch anime. YouTube has cracked down on any series violating copyright infringements (due to be investigated and reported on by Cnet News), or any company title holder finding out and thereby requesting the material be taken down (which is of course their right).
Directory and linkage sites, such as Keiichi Anime Forever, are reporting record losses of their collections and linkage, and since YouTube was their sole means of providing the anime, they are left with no choice but to comply.
http://www.keiichianimeforever.com/boards/thread,40751.0.html
I'm sure that for alot of people all over the world YouTube (and sites like it) were the only possibly ways of watching anime aside from buying or renting it.
Because video stores are only now specializing in anime-specific sections, many would-be renters are left with a very poor and often incomplete selection. Watching an entire series may be next to impossible, and paying for it may be completely out of the question.
While torrents and the like are still available and won't fall as easily to this crackdown, many people don't have the time or internet connection for torrents either. They are slow, cumbersome, and rely completely on other users to download, rather than a server or video hosting service like YouTube.
Personally, I don't know how to feel about this. A part of me knew it was too good to be true for too long, and then a part of me was extremely grateful anyway. I knew this would happen sooner or later; it was just a question of when.
YouTube was pinned in a checkmate, and dispite their internal wishes, they don't want to be on the wrong side of the law and I don't blame them for that. They got singled out. It happens. People start talking, companies like Right Stuf International find out, and then the deletions happen far more quickly.
The deletions are not yet complete, but they will most likely be within the next 48 hours (on Keiichi Anime Forever anyway...it will definitely take longer for YouTube itself to be completely purged since mods have to do it manually by title or tags.)
My personal opinion is that it was good while it lasted. Because of YouTube I was able to watch several anime series I've been wanting to, and some I never knew about, watched, and now love them. I am also fortunate to have been able to watch the entire series for each of them, so I don't have to worry about whats going to happen.
In the beginning (far before I learned about torrents and YouTube and whatsis) I always said and was of the opinion that to watch, share, or distribute anything illegally or illegitimately was something that could only be reconciled by, in turn, purchasing the material that you "borrowed" either in full or in part.
My opinion has not changed, though it has been affected; I still buy anime, but am not as able to. It simply is not economically viable for most people to be buying anime just to watch it, without first being given a reasonable chance to view or rent it.
The industry does not have an open hand and is not offering mainstream anime to the public in an impactful way. If they did it would raise sales and elimate ignorance to what anime is, but would increase cases of copyright infringement. That leaves them, essentially, breaking even. No company, industry or business wants to just break even. They are intitled, by virtue of their product, to make profits.
One can both understand and respect their wishes, but also detest them. American companies which make anime available to us are being held over a barrel by their japanese counterparts, and as with any ripple effect, we, the consumer, are affected by the North American market's price gouging.
Anime is ridiculously overpriced in most instances, even in online anime stores. Though some stores (online and otherwise) help by reducing prices further, the prices are still considerable.
Anime is still being marketed and sold as some "speciality import" (which is the pretext to prices), despite the fact that anime has been mainstream and dare I say, American, long enough that most of these economical situations are only kept alive by the greed of the industry at home and abroad.
In closing, I'm extremely disappointed (though not angry) that this had to happen, especially now, since I was only able to watch 3 complete series since discovering anime on YouTube. I'm sure others had enough time to get alot more out of it than I did, so it may not bother them as much. The fact this all ends here, pretty much, is sad.
On the plus side, I was exposed to anime that I had not seen before, and was able to enjoy it with an unrestricted freedom. I could choose any anime I wanted, and I chose the ones I wanted or happened on, and I'm confident with what I chose.
Well, thats it really. I'll be sure to bump this thread as news develops.
(Oh, and don't bother complaining about the length of this post. You already know I either don't care what you think, this is just my way, or you're just plain lazy or too tired. So...yeah.
LOL)
Directory and linkage sites, such as Keiichi Anime Forever, are reporting record losses of their collections and linkage, and since YouTube was their sole means of providing the anime, they are left with no choice but to comply.
http://www.keiichianimeforever.com/boards/thread,40751.0.html
I'm sure that for alot of people all over the world YouTube (and sites like it) were the only possibly ways of watching anime aside from buying or renting it.
Because video stores are only now specializing in anime-specific sections, many would-be renters are left with a very poor and often incomplete selection. Watching an entire series may be next to impossible, and paying for it may be completely out of the question.
While torrents and the like are still available and won't fall as easily to this crackdown, many people don't have the time or internet connection for torrents either. They are slow, cumbersome, and rely completely on other users to download, rather than a server or video hosting service like YouTube.
Personally, I don't know how to feel about this. A part of me knew it was too good to be true for too long, and then a part of me was extremely grateful anyway. I knew this would happen sooner or later; it was just a question of when.
YouTube was pinned in a checkmate, and dispite their internal wishes, they don't want to be on the wrong side of the law and I don't blame them for that. They got singled out. It happens. People start talking, companies like Right Stuf International find out, and then the deletions happen far more quickly.
The deletions are not yet complete, but they will most likely be within the next 48 hours (on Keiichi Anime Forever anyway...it will definitely take longer for YouTube itself to be completely purged since mods have to do it manually by title or tags.)
My personal opinion is that it was good while it lasted. Because of YouTube I was able to watch several anime series I've been wanting to, and some I never knew about, watched, and now love them. I am also fortunate to have been able to watch the entire series for each of them, so I don't have to worry about whats going to happen.
In the beginning (far before I learned about torrents and YouTube and whatsis) I always said and was of the opinion that to watch, share, or distribute anything illegally or illegitimately was something that could only be reconciled by, in turn, purchasing the material that you "borrowed" either in full or in part.
My opinion has not changed, though it has been affected; I still buy anime, but am not as able to. It simply is not economically viable for most people to be buying anime just to watch it, without first being given a reasonable chance to view or rent it.
The industry does not have an open hand and is not offering mainstream anime to the public in an impactful way. If they did it would raise sales and elimate ignorance to what anime is, but would increase cases of copyright infringement. That leaves them, essentially, breaking even. No company, industry or business wants to just break even. They are intitled, by virtue of their product, to make profits.
One can both understand and respect their wishes, but also detest them. American companies which make anime available to us are being held over a barrel by their japanese counterparts, and as with any ripple effect, we, the consumer, are affected by the North American market's price gouging.
Anime is ridiculously overpriced in most instances, even in online anime stores. Though some stores (online and otherwise) help by reducing prices further, the prices are still considerable.
Anime is still being marketed and sold as some "speciality import" (which is the pretext to prices), despite the fact that anime has been mainstream and dare I say, American, long enough that most of these economical situations are only kept alive by the greed of the industry at home and abroad.
In closing, I'm extremely disappointed (though not angry) that this had to happen, especially now, since I was only able to watch 3 complete series since discovering anime on YouTube. I'm sure others had enough time to get alot more out of it than I did, so it may not bother them as much. The fact this all ends here, pretty much, is sad.
On the plus side, I was exposed to anime that I had not seen before, and was able to enjoy it with an unrestricted freedom. I could choose any anime I wanted, and I chose the ones I wanted or happened on, and I'm confident with what I chose.
Well, thats it really. I'll be sure to bump this thread as news develops.
(Oh, and don't bother complaining about the length of this post. You already know I either don't care what you think, this is just my way, or you're just plain lazy or too tired. So...yeah.
LOL)
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