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Originally Posted by aura~
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^yeah leaks are everywhere, and piracy of course, but I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about TA information... I don't remember any Japanese TA fan sharing that info here honestly... before some of us started sharing (foreign TA members) I don't remember anyone posting TA info as we have it nowadays...
i don't know... I cam here on 2008 I don't know if years before TA info leaked like it does now...
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Leaks and piracy are basically the same concept. You copy something exactly or nearly exactly, and then distribute it without permission. Copying a TA message and then showing it to everyone for free is really the same concept as copying a movie and showing it to everyone for free. You should be paying to get to see the TA message, you should be paying to get to see the movie, but you aren't.
I definitely don't think it's actually a good thing that stuff is distributed so carelessly across the Internet for free and leaving no money and barely any recognition or credit to those who own the material, but I've resigned myself to the fact that it won't stop. Even if it's illegal, even if AHS starts to discourage it, it won't stop. It'll just be available somewhere else. If the TA members can't take this, then they're just being childish. Either you are in the TA club because of the privileges, or you skip the privileges because they don't seem worth your money. Easy. You can choose to buy an Ayu CD for an amount of money if you want to, but if you don't want to spend any money on it you can download it for free instead. That's just how it is nowadays, and no matter how much TA complain that their privileges are now meaningless, it's not going to stop any leaking or piracy.