I was browsing the net this wonderful morning in search of singapore version of Akihabara (deeply miss KL's version- Sungai Wang Plaza and surroundings) when i stumble upon
this post of a fellow singaporean otaku blogger.
It seems that a private anime license holding company are seriously clamping down on "illegal" download of fansub anime o.O. Well, i've heard rumours of letter of court being sent around targeting bittorret downloaders. Turns out to be true.
The company, Odex Pvt Ltd have been sending letter to an unknown number of singapore otakus who were caught using bittorret to download licensed anime such as Bleach and Naruto. Most if not all, settled the fine out of court to date.
But this matter had set a outrage among otaku nationwide online and off due to questionable privacy issues and strongarm tactics akin to blackmailing. This does no help as the company's anime products (vcds and dvds) are said to be of crude quality and even looked as if taken from the fansubbed anime as well *shock*
As i browse through the comments, the otakus are rallying for a boycott of the company's products and in midst of writing a formal letter of complain to the national newspaper regarding the matter. And on the other hand, the company seems to dismiss and downplay such incident.
As for me, i'm an otaku too but then again doesnt wish to have things get ugly especially if things turn against us. As for now, better lay low and stick to manga scanlation :P
