I can't help smiling over the fact that who scanned/ripped/downloaded first is still more important than the fact that it's all someone else's work to begin with.
Is it actually sensible to insist on credit for copyright infringement these days? The advice I had from my boss when I was involved with a subbing project was *not* to have my name (even my online name) anywhere near it!
I don't think it's more important? But it's about basic manners and establishing a thank you culture. If i wanted money and you gave me some, even if you only picked it up on the street i'd still say thank you.
It's still a strange distortion of priorities. I shouldn't think there are too many people who send thank you messages to the original artists when they've ripped their work.
If I choose to accept the stolen item, I would still thank you, because I know you made the special effort of stealing it for me (rather than just stole it because you have a random obsession with theft).
To me, comments are also important because they help me decide what to scan/rip next. I host things mostly on my own website so I can access those statistics, but even then there's no way to tell if half of those aren't people who took a look and decided they didn't like it. That's why these days, my doujinshi scan posts all have a poll with a "not my cup of tea". It's not like fansub where if people are still downloading after 3 episodes, I can be fairly sure they like the series and the subbing and I'm not just wasting my time.
Seriously, however, you might want to look up the proposed changes to the UK obscenity laws. The government announced a while back that they were going to be extended to include drawings. I'm refusing to read the details until I have to but I'm be more inclined to shred doujinshi these days than post them, let alone demand credit.
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Date: 2008-08-27 07:46 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-08-27 11:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-27 11:57 am (UTC)Is it actually sensible to insist on credit for copyright infringement these days? The advice I had from my boss when I was involved with a subbing project was *not* to have my name (even my online name) anywhere near it!
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Date: 2008-08-27 12:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-27 12:29 pm (UTC)It's still a strange distortion of priorities. I shouldn't think there are too many people who send thank you messages to the original artists when they've ripped their work.
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Date: 2008-08-27 03:12 pm (UTC)To me, comments are also important because they help me decide what to scan/rip next. I host things mostly on my own website so I can access those statistics, but even then there's no way to tell if half of those aren't people who took a look and decided they didn't like it. That's why these days, my doujinshi scan posts all have a poll with a "not my cup of tea". It's not like fansub where if people are still downloading after 3 episodes, I can be fairly sure they like the series and the subbing and I'm not just wasting my time.
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Date: 2008-08-27 08:06 pm (UTC)Seriously, however, you might want to look up the proposed changes to the UK obscenity laws. The government announced a while back that they were going to be extended to include drawings. I'm refusing to read the details until I have to but I'm be more inclined to shred doujinshi these days than post them, let alone demand credit.