HELP: New Anti-Piracy Law in Japan (2012)

[hayasaki]

Originally Posted by TeamAyu2004

It really burns me up when people feel they are entitled to FREE entertainment.

Thank you so much for the video.

If this kind of law has been implemented so long ago, Japanese artist or even artists as a whole, will not be so famous in places you'd never imagine their names could reach. Its actually not that I feel like i'm entitled to FREE entertainment, but there are certainly times when I feel like it helped me, and perhaps other people, in some ways like deciding whether or not to spend money on online media. It has always been like that, but it suddenly felt different. As if I lost a part of my daily routine. LOL

I find it DRACONIAN because of its strictness. And I have nothing against it either.

[ILoveGeniuses]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

Thank you so much for the video.

If this kind of law has been implemented so long ago, Japanese artist or even artists as a whole, will not be so famous in places you'd never imagine their names could reach. Its actually not that I feel like i'm entitled to FREE entertainment, but there are certainly times when I feel like it helped me, and perhaps other people, in some ways like deciding whether or not to spend money on online media. It has always been like that, but it suddenly felt different. As if I lost a part of my daily routine. LOL

I find it DRACONIAN because of its strictness. And I have nothing against it either.

I feel this way too on the whole downloading thing. If i don't know if i like it or not I simply say "Forget it". I'm not spending the money only to discover I'm not fond of it. Then have to sell it to someone else for like half the cost of which I paid for it. Plus, none of the Music Stores even here have listening stations anymore, so there's no way to pick it up and give it a listen in the stores for what we do get in music. I admit I DL, but if I do like it then I'll buy it. Another thing however to bother me is the possibility of them limiting what we can and can't import in terms of entertainment into my country. I really don't want them suddenly saying I can't buy my Asian music CDs and concert DVDs/Blurays online.

[harufi]

Originally Posted by hayasaki

Thank you so much for the video.

If this kind of law has been implemented so long ago, Japanese artist or even artists as a whole, will not be so famous in places you'd never imagine their names could reach. Its actually not that I feel like i'm entitled to FREE entertainment, but there are certainly times when I feel like it helped me, and perhaps other people, in some ways like deciding whether or not to spend money on online media. It has always been like that, but it suddenly felt different. As if I lost a part of my daily routine. LOL

I find it DRACONIAN because of its strictness. And I have nothing against it either.

Completely agree, if I can't test something first I won't buy it full stop.
If I hadn't been able to download a handful of songs from (miss)understood and GUILTY about 5 years ago, I wouldnt've heard of Ayu, and I wouldn'tve gone on to buy about 15 albums (remix+studio), 6 live DVDs, tour merch and posters from her. That's a heck of a lot of money I spent to say I illegally downloaded and "stole" something. You're welcome Avex!