Mm-hmm.

[silveradept]

So I went and goofed off today, like I shouldn't have. Exam still to come and all that, along with necessary writing. So tomorrow I'll make up for it with double-duty. And not game for the second day of the event. Or maybe game if I feel like I've progressed sufficiently. Probably not, though.

And someone might be shooting at a more favorite way of grabbing animation: Bittorrent tracker servers. Depending on which way who rules, the noose can tighten on plenty of fans.

And apparently, some people are raising eyebrows about sex scenes in shojo manga, and understandably so. Although, I might find it funny that something like Negima, which gets wrapped because of the age of the girls getting their clothes sneezed off (go read it, there's actually a good story mixed in with all the apparent fanservice.) receives the OT rating, where Fushigi Yugi is unwrapped but carries the same rating - and is far more brazen about some topics that Negima will probably ever be. Point, counterpoint. Why not read it and make a decision then?

Anyway, so long as people follow the ratings, I think they'll be fine (and you notice how usually the people who are getting in trouble over things like vid games and that aren't rated for them?) with some depictions.

Naturally, I'm also thinking about going to bed right now - work tomorrow, if not class, means I do have to get up at some point before noon, really. Much as I like not having to set an alarm for the moment, that is.

Comments

[unspeakablevorn.livejournal.com]

I think BT trackers are in a bit of trouble - while BT itself has protection under the grokster decision (after all, there is no way the writers can effectively filter), trackers are technically capable of filtering known copyrighted works. Now, the next question becomes whether the industry has given trackers a list of such works; if they haven't, then the industry is sunk again.

In my opinion the industry is right about certain things - they must protect those copyrights which they own. Whether their tactics are appropriate is another story. iTunes is about the most effective tool against music piracy there is, because it gives a reasonable option for those who want to download music. it's only a matter of time before they realize this.

Vorn

[silveradept]

The question is going to become whether or not companies like people downloading (even legally) single tracks of albums or movies without going to the theater to see them. It's a good thing to see a move in a theater, but a lot of people wait for other releases ebcaue they're generally cheaper in the long run to do. And if all you really want, or think is good, on an album is one track, what happens to all the middle cost of making those CDs?

So while they do have a need to protect their IP, I wonder if they're also trying to protect certain outdated business models until someone outside invents a better way of doing things.