Singapore Government clamps down on illegal downloads
Kwok points out that he is not sure if Odex is initiating the clampdown on illegal anime downloads. I’ve already had my suspicions that it’s more the government at work rather than Odex itself, but then again, nobody will know what the truth is unless someone at Odex speaks out truthfully.
Of course, the whole episode was an opportunity to bring out the bad points of Odex. As Skane points out (thanks Skane!) that even ANN doesn’t have a too good impression of Odex.
So with all the hoohaa… imagine my surprise to see a torrent for Shuffle Memories hosted on TPJC students site @ animesuki. TPJC being a junior college (SCHOOL SCHOOL! You know.. something like high school in japan *i think*) in Singapore. The fansub group is Ayako, a new group that started doing kyoshiro as well and as Hazel notes, has a sense of humor.
After all the noise about illegal downloads, I wonder what the authorities think of this. haha…
Lol, that’s my current school, for goodness sake. What’s going on?
Anyway, as long as nothing happens, pretend everythings normal?
God dammit! This sucks harder than Aeris fanboy on a Cloud cosplayer…^_^
I just got wind of this pile of crap from a another forum. Yes, this surprising turn of events for 2007 has effectively scared me into hiding….>_
yea i am deeply disappointed in the fact that such cases an be brought out upon fellow anime lovers.as much as i can say.anime was made to be shown in tv(japan)air for jap viewers to watch.fansubbers helps in promoting the fact of japanese culture for jap lovers/learners to watch as well as enjoy the shows that wat we wont be able to receive and understand in singapore ,as well as all over the world.
but to my dismay that they would consider this as a illegal download issue where they turn wat was once a hobby to all to a act of crime in pending.i truely feel very sad to be a singaporean these days for all these laws that made where we live in amore tense and pointless place to be proud of.i guess the longest ever known quote that lives in our heart would still be
“singapore is a Fine city…”i hope they would really look into this and hopefully do a reamendment ,if better uplift the law of downloading from fansub.cos seriously i find most fansubber really does a better job of translation then the half witted Odex.
T.T