Once is random - but *twice*??
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Seriously??
on dubs and subs:
Feb. 5th, 2010 05:02 pmA plague on many anime-related Usenet newsgroups is the constantly reoccurring flame war as to which is better, subtitled anime or redubbed anime. Like many "religious wars," this is a discussion with no real conclusion as it is based purely on the preferences of each side.
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Dub fans argue that it is hard to enjoy the images while at the same time trying to read the subtitles. Sub fans counter that you lose the original flavor of the film when you add English, and that most of the voice actors are pretty bad anyway. One such discussion I remember had a sub supporter laying out a cogent argument on how easy it was to watch the subtitles and still enjoy the images. The response from a person on the dub side was laced with personal insults and sneered that the sub proponent should just try watching some redub. The reply was simply along the lines of "I can't, I'm deaf!" Well, that flame war ended quickly.
My own take on this is more ecumenical: you decide what you like best. ...
Orphan works - actually, don't be alarmed
Apr. 12th, 2008 10:28 amWell - it's not. From the look of it, this guy is being more than a little alarmist. This is the US Copyright Office's page on orphan works. It defines orphan works as "copyrighted works whose owners may be impossible to identify and locate." That page has several other links, including the full text of the report. Nowhere does it say anything about overturning the current copyright laws. You would still own the copyright of your work for your life +70 years. One of the administrators on y-gallery posted a journal entry about this that does a pretty good job of breaking down the alarmist arguments in the AWM editorial, complete with links.
Basically, it doesn't look like this is a case of the government being evil and trying to take the livelihood away from artists. More like misinformation and somebody trying to get everyone's panties in a twist over nothing.
Edit: Here's another rebuttal to the article. Very clear and well-written.
Basically, the original article is bull.
On the strike
Mar. 19th, 2008 03:44 pmThe censored interests came back quickly enough and with little enough fuss that I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and accept that it was a glitch. But only just.
I understand that LJ is a business, and there were business reasons behind removing basic accounts. I think it was the wrong decision, but that's not my call.
It's the tactics and attitude I don't like.
One day shouldn't be too hard. It'll probably be good for me, anyway. Like breaking an addiction.
I don't want to leave LJ, I'm too settled here. But after reading some of this, I'm tempted to at least mirror things over at somewhere like Insane Journal.