Comments on: Anime industry executives on the state of piracy http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/12/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/ The secret level in the world of video game news. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:27:17 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: tkwelge http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/12/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-8084 tkwelge Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:02:44 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/11/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/#comment-8084 I think that in the future, you will be able to download television shows to you tv set at anytime. I pay 30 dollars a month for a netflix account which allows me to watch 5 dvd's at a time (usually about 25 a month, or $1.20 per dvd). If everything was online, you would have no distribution cost, no storage costs, and you wouldn't have to pay for the original dvd itself. They could bring the cost of 4 episodes down to 40 cents (10 cents an episode). For 60 dollars a month, I could watch 10 hours of anime a day! This should happen sometime in the next 10 years. Mark my words. Plus, I think that anime will one day be broadcast simultaneously (maybe with a 24 hour delay) in Japan and the US. I think that in the future, you will be able to download television shows to you tv set at anytime. I pay 30 dollars a month for a netflix account which allows me to watch 5 dvd’s at a time (usually about 25 a month, or $1.20 per dvd). If everything was online, you would have no distribution cost, no storage costs, and you wouldn’t have to pay for the original dvd itself. They could bring the cost of 4 episodes down to 40 cents (10 cents an episode). For 60 dollars a month, I could watch 10 hours of anime a day! This should happen sometime in the next 10 years. Mark my words. Plus, I think that anime will one day be broadcast simultaneously (maybe with a 24 hour delay) in Japan and the US.

]]> By: Johnny Pimblebrock http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/12/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-7569 Johnny Pimblebrock Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:15:34 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/11/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/#comment-7569 Looks like these people are less stupid than RIAA & co. If I could download anime episodes for a decent price (yeah, around 1 or 2 euros I guess, or with a monthly subscription for unlimited anime), if these episodes were subbed with the same quality as fansubs (the subs of official anime DVD I've got is not as good as the fansubs), and if they were in a nice format (say xvid and no crappy DRM stuff), then I'd most probably buy a few of them... to at least reward the creators and get more cool stuff done in the future. I'm fed up of the DVD format, with its lame copy/region protection and un-skippable logos and piracy screens. Originally, the DVD was a great invention, but some publishers do everything they can to disgust people of the format :( Looks like these people are less stupid than RIAA & co. If I could download anime episodes for a decent price (yeah, around 1 or 2 euros I guess, or with a monthly subscription for unlimited anime), if these episodes were subbed with the same quality as fansubs (the subs of official anime DVD I’ve got is not as good as the fansubs), and if they were in a nice format (say xvid and no crappy DRM stuff), then I’d most probably buy a few of them… to at least reward the creators and get more cool stuff done in the future.

I’m fed up of the DVD format, with its lame copy/region protection and un-skippable logos and piracy screens. Originally, the DVD was a great invention, but some publishers do everything they can to disgust people of the format :(

]]> By: the_importer http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/12/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-7565 the_importer Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:26:07 +0000 http://www.siliconera.com/2006/07/11/anime-industry-executives-on-the-state-of-piracy/#comment-7565 Here’s my 2 Cents on paying for TV Episodes. It’s NOT illegal to record TV shows with a VRC, DVD Recorder or on your computer, so why would I pay for the DVD version? If people in Japan get to see anime for free on their cable TV, then why shouldn’t I? Here’s an idea, they should sale episodes for $2 a pop, I’d pay that to avoid waiting 3 days with Bittorent. Here’s my 2 Cents on paying for TV Episodes. It’s NOT illegal to record TV shows with a VRC, DVD Recorder or on your computer, so why would I pay for the DVD version? If people in Japan get to see anime for free on their cable TV, then why shouldn’t I?

Here’s an idea, they should sale episodes for $2 a pop, I’d pay that to avoid waiting 3 days with Bittorent.

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