[Drakkhen]

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

That's good to hear. I always thought the Toku fandom was a recent phenomenon of the past decade (with the advent of TV Nihon and similar fansubbers). I need to be re-educated, I guess.

Nope. The toku fandom has been around for a long time. Jill's sentai spoilers site was around LONG before there was a tv-nihon. We were sharing tapes, dvds, RM files and other things to each other via Usenet and IRC.

[GeneralTekno]

Even in the case of torrents, they're becoming more and more efficient. Eg, PirateBay's switched entirely to magnet links now, which are even more decentralized than torrent files.

And the next iteration of P2P, in my estimation, will likely be something that further anonymizes so as to make it impossible to ID the users.

[Sentai Tamashii]

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Originally Posted by Drakkhen

I'm sorry to tell you guys that are "Torrents will save us", torrents can die just as fast and as easy as DDL's. Not to beat a dead horse, but all the downloads torrents or otherwise that we all do, are in fact illegal. ALL toku has a copyright holder. There could come a day when that holder decides that the fansubs and raws being spread illegally are not something they want done anymore.

Which is why I think it's silly for Toei or any other company to release their licenses to places like iTunes or Hulu, etc. The show's already shot, why not make more profits by making it available world wide?

[Solidarity]

Hiya guys, this is Solidarity from KRDL.info.

It's great that you guys are discussing the site! However, a few things need to be cleared up.

I live in the UK. Not the US. I host nothing licensed. If Toei ask me to stop distroing kamen rider or whatever, I will do as told. However, they never had, and because of fansubbers I purchase figures, giving them revenue. And I'm sure it's similar for everyone else.

Everyone can benefit!

Also, it's not a hub for TVN, at least, not anymore.

I've been in talk with Over-Time & Grownups in Spandex about hosting all of their content. And also a spanish subber too.

Other than that, the server will not be hammered, I work on the site a lot, I can run multiple servers at once. I have the money to do this, and the donors to help if I get stuck. If you have any questions, PM me, or get on twitter @krdlinfo. Or better still, sign up over at krdl.info and shoot me an email.

Do not speculate, just enjoy the free downloads!!

[Sentai Tamashii]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solidarity

Hiya guys, this is Solidarity from KRDL.info.

It's great that you guys are discussing the site! However, a few things need to be cleared up.

I live in the UK. Not the US. I host nothing licensed. If Toei ask me to stop distroing kamen rider or whatever, I will do as told. However, they never had, and because of fansubbers I purchase figures, giving them revenue. And I'm sure it's similar for everyone else.

Everyone can benefit!

Also, it's not a hub for TVN, at least, not anymore.

I've been in talk with Over-Time & Grownups in Spandex about hosting all of their content. And also a spanish subber too.

Other than that, the server will not be hammered, I work on the site a lot, I can run multiple servers at once. I have the money to do this, and the donors to help if I get stuck. If you have any questions, PM me, or get on twitter @krdlinfo. Or better still, sign up over at krdl.info and shoot me an email.

Do not speculate, just enjoy the free downloads!!

Dude, thanks for supporting the fan community, hope you won't get into trouble for all your hard work!

[Solidarity]

I'm sure I won't, and thanks for the support!

[Switchblade]

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Originally Posted by Sentai Tamashii

Which is why I think it's silly for Toei or any other company to release their licenses to places like iTunes or Hulu, etc. The show's already shot, why not make more profits by making it available world wide?

The thing is, though, that Toei doesn't really give a shit that there are people outside of Japan who want to watch their shows. Bandai is cool with us buying Figuarts or SICs, but the guys that actually make the show couldn't care less about foreign fans.

[Drakkhen]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sentai Tamashii

Which is why I think it's silly for Toei or any other company to release their licenses to places like iTunes or Hulu, etc. The show's already shot, why not make more profits by making it available world wide?

Because they make a fortune on Power Rangers.

[Shin Densetsu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sentai Tamashii

Which is why I think it's silly for Toei or any other company to release their licenses to places like iTunes or Hulu, etc. The show's already shot, why not make more profits by making it available world wide?

Might not be worth the investment in their eyes.

[Sentai Tamashii]

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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

Might not be worth the investment in their eyes.

I'd never understand that, if they've already shot the show, and it's just sitting there, throwing it up for iTunes won't cost them anything, maybe hiring a good Sub team or something.