Fansubs Are The Source Of All Evil, Japan Asks America to Stop Illegal Net Releases of Anime Options

[Ginta]

-from ANN, posted on 2007-10-23 15:28 EDT-

Video-sharing sites, peer-to-peer file networks spotlighted

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The Japanese government issued a formal statement of requests to the government of the United States on regulatory reform and market competition policy on October 18, and included a request for the United States to help stop the unauthorized reproduction and distribution of Japanese animation online. Specifically, the formal statement mentions the spread of Japanese animation and other materials on video-sharing sites and peer-to-peer file-sharing networks.

According to Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the distribution of copyrighted materials in the United States has increasingly damaged the creative industries of Japan. Despite frequent requests to remove unauthorized material from sites with user-submitted videos, the ministry says the fundamental problem remains unresolved for the foreseeable future. The ministry also says that the high legal costs and complex procedures of copyright infringement cases against peer-to-peer file-sharing are issues.

Japanese copyright holders have been sending increasing numbers of requests to remove unauthorized material from video-sharing sites such as Google's YouTube, and anime is its own category in several sites — inside and outside the United States — that link to file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent. The issues in the statement of requests were discussed in the fourth Japan-U.S. Trade Forum meeting which was held on October 18 in Tokyo.

Source: animeanime.jp

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[Niks]

Sāksim ar vieglāko - KAA paši neko nesubo - viņi paņem subus no R1 DVD vai arī no kādas fansuberu grupas (piemēram, tā bija ar Inukami!), savukārt video ir no R2 DVD (retāk no R1).

Par iespējamo kvalitāti - tev ir pilnīgi taisnība, tomēr cilvēks ir subjektīvs radījums, tādēļ arī enkoderis var subjektīvi uzlabot kvalitāti (parasti zaudējot detalizētību), turklāt mums tagad ir tādi filtri, ka amatieris minūšu laikā var uztaisīt tādu encode, ka vidusmēra zx relīzes izskatās nekvalitātīvas (šito saku no savas un citu enkoderu pieredzes, piemēram, zx ziedu laikos neko daudz efektīvāku par PixieDust trokšņa noņemšanai atrast nevarēja, bet tagad mums ir, piemēram, RemoveGrain un PixieDustPP, un n citi filtri, kas ir parādijušies pēdējos gados).

Un HDTV vēl negarantē kvalitāti - vēl šodien redzēju diezgan draņķīgu HDTV ripu.

Par DVD - skatos uz parasta LCD monitora ar native izšķirtspēju 1680x1050 (pievienots izmantojot DVI), lai gan arī uz mana vecā CRT varēja itin labi redzēt, ka vidusmēra DVD ir briesmīgs - pats par sevi atsevišķi katrs kadrs ir diezgan labs, taču noise visu smagi izcūko, jo es vēl neesmu redzējis DVD, kuram nebūtu izteikts noise, protams, mūsdienās ir pieejami labi temporal denoiser'i, tomēr tiem ir diezgan izteiktas blaknes.

Un saldajā ēdienā mums paliek visādi brīnumi ar interlacing, kas gan ir reti sastopami, un blokošanās, kura diemžēl ir samērā izplatīta pat starp R2 DVD.