[EpsilonX]

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Originally Posted by Chasing

I mean, did people seriously forget about this phase? Like I said, this whole situation is so overblown and completely misinterpreted by so many people. No, it isn't a good look from TOEI as a foreign viewer, but it is no different from what we've had to deal with before.
Weird how the public sub groups have had to announce their C&D orders, yet the completely private sub groups haven't said a word. IzuSubs and NonActionableFansubs immediately come to mind. Hell, the latter sub group is literally uploading new files as I type this message.

Companies and people even bigger than TOEI have NEVER been able to do shit about this. That's how torrenting works - it lives on as long as SOMEONE out there gives a shit. Nyaa has been taken down 3 times as far as I remember, and today, it's still as good as it was before.

I get if people are upset because it feels like you're being told to go fuck yourself, as a long-time fan, but I've personally never been invested in this franchise because I ever gave a shit about what its producers thought about me - or even the fact that I exist. I like it because it is what it is. Access to it has literally never felt restricting to me, even when I had really horrible internet.

Why do you seem so offended that people are worried they won't have the ability to watch their favorite shows? I don't know if you're aware, but the tokusatsu fandom has grown over the years. Not everybody who's into it nowadays was around back in the day. This is probably a new experience for a lot of people.

Heck, I've been a relatively casual fan for 7-ish years at this point (wow) and never got too deep into it other than posting here. I've always had easy access to stuff. I've never had to download raws and sub files separately. I've never seen any of this stuff get taken down (if it's happened during the time I've been a fan then I guess I didn't notice). But a company sending a letter to fansubbing groups telling them to stop? If you're not a long-hauler, that certainly sounds like the end.

Now, you're right - things will be fine, there are work arounds. And that's a good thing. But like I said in my opening sentence - why do you seem so offended that people are worried? Just reassure them and move on.

edit: okay, I remember KRDL being taken down at one point, but I just switched to getting them from the fansub groups themselves.