1. Are you sure? is just streaming copyright infringement?

2. I was wondernig, is listening to rider music on YT bad?

How do you know they turn a blind eye?

Well, they certainly don't do very much about it.

Toei still have the channel in youtube ?

Technically, anytime you're accessing the media in a way that isn't provided or approved by the copyright provider it's considered piracy.

Toei occasionally cracks down on YouTube and gets videos with their footage taken down, but I haven't heard about it happening in a while.

Oh yeah, they do come down pretty hard on Youtube videos. I was more thinking about fansubs when I said that.

It's weird. They didn't touch my SD Rider upload for like, 4 years, and suddenly BAM. Copyright strike :lol

I was told this:

No, as long as you don't download the show, it's fine. It's funny how Crunchyroll shills warn against piracy, when Crunchyroll used to be a pirating site. Besides, you aren't in their main market, Toei only would care if you were selling the series illegally. You aren't profiting off of it, therefore nothing bad happens.

Also, what about rider music on NicoNico?

That doesn't mean you aren't pirating it.
Asking is streaming toku illegal and if there will be any repercussions for it aren't the same thing.

In the states at least, distribution without permits/rights is the offending/illegal act.

So streaming is technically legal for the end watcher. It's the streaming service/platform and uploader that are the offenders by having provided the "illegal distribution" of said material.

This is why torrents and other avenues are problematic. As you are uploading, you are distributing, which is the illegal act based on US laws. This also counts for public viewings to audiences too without said rights. Like a projector in the backyard etc. Downloading itself technically isn't illegal in the states. Uploading is. Same goes for music really. The file sharers that were hit with the lawsuits that Pepsi helped them pay for, were all users that were sharing what they had downloaded. Each country has their own laws associated, so I can only speak about US law on this matter as it's the one I'm familiar with.

As for companies that look the other way. That's a whole other thing that's based on many factors. Those that profit off of them illegally is a big one though which is why Ytube gets hit so hard since it's lost revenues. But otherwise they do tend to turn a blind eye to many fansub groups because of the extra merchandise it sells and audience avenues it opens up in broader areas to create hype to likely sell the rights to those areas which is increased revenues.

For example, the complete subbed DVD sets we see now are directly because of the proliferation of the material thanks to fansubs creating demand.

How do you know Toei looks the other way?

Fansub groups like TV-Nihon and Over-Time have been operating for years and haven't gotten C&D'ed at any point.

Here's the thing.

In Japan, apparently cable prices aren't cheap ... kind of like the United States. A lot of residents there are ditching their cable and going purely streaming and Internet. A big reason Super Sentai and Kamen Rider ratings are down is simply because people are streaming it now, or even, downloading the shows.

I know there's been a few parties that have spoken to Toei trying to get them to start taking their shows online as well as on television and Toei has been very against the idea, as they have and continue to be stuck in tradition. Maybe one day they'll do so.

NOTE: There was even talk of convincing Toei to sub their own shows and release them on popular streaming sites ... but again, Toei is against it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sWSoYCetG6A
I mean that is pretty much the reason why this musical about Russian Jews coping with change is so popular in the land of the rising sun. Japan is all about tradition. Heck, they still use fax machines even.

I was wondering, does streaming shows harm Toei economically?

No, if anything it's the exact opposite. They don't earn money because people watch their shows on TV; they get their money because the shows advertise the toys. So by giving people more chances to view your show which advertises your toys you get can get more people to buy them.

Case in point: I never knew what a Kamen Rider was 4 years ago. I randomly found a Kamen Rider-thread over at another messaging board and my friends Sano and Worf pointed me in the right direction. Now I have several Kamen Rider Figuarts and some Deluxe toys with more to come, all of which I would've never bought if it weren't for fan subbed Rider episodes.

With a series like Kamen Rider, not really since it is never release outside of Asia countries like Japan, South Korea, Thai and a few others. Streaming sometimes can hurt some companies depending what it is.

With Toku, there is not big enough market for it in the US other than Godzilla and Power Rangers. Sometimes we get other Kaiju, Henshin Superheroes and other special effect films (Like The Green Slime), but that's about it. I'm glad that we have more Ultraman and Garo stuff in the US for us to watch compare to 5-10 years. With Kamen Rider, I do download fan subs, but buy the merchandise for it to support because I have no other choice.

Could Toei make a official streaming site for toku ?

They could―but as others have said above, they won’t. It would likely only be exclusive to Japan or Asia if they did.

In fact there already is one in Japan, and its got a pretty huge selection of stuff.

Really? That’s cool.

And do you know the name ?

It's probably region lock. If the market for Kamen Rider was bigger in the US, we would probably have more official support to it besides V3 and The First on DVD. Crunchyroll can take another shot at it assuming if Toei is not still asking for the same amount as they did 6-7 years ago.

Toei Tokusatsu Fanclub App. It's region locked though, as you probably guessed.

What about this here:
http://goboiano.com/much-money-cost-...egally-stream/

Does streaming hurt toku this way?

No, because outside of Ultraman there are no legal/official streaming options for most toku shows.

If people want official streaming for Kamen Rider and Sentai, people need show more demand for it. We are lucky to get Amazons on Prime, but it seems like not many people are checking it out.

Is Toei aware of us watching/streaming shows like rider and sentai ?

It sucks that it's on Amazon Prime, since I feel like not a lot of people use that service. My mom has it though, so I'm going to watch it that way

Have you read any of the posts on the last 7 pages of this topic?