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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Crunchyroll on their previous way of subtitling:

Customer on Crunchyroll's new way of subtitling:

It's one more consequence of the current copyright regime being self-servingly catered to business owners. I don't have a solution to this without either (a) exposing yourself to ruin or (b) consciously killing your interest in any commercial creative medium.

It's unlikely you can "save Crunchyroll from itself". It's better for your peace of mind to leave them be and do not participate. They're confident as the "only source of legal consumption of anime" in many places that they do not have the incentive to... ironically... be more creative (which copyright claims to incentivize). It was good while it lasted.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's one more consequence of ~~the current~~ copyright ~~regime~~ being self-servingly catered to business owners.

Copyright was invented by Brits and spread worldwide by Americans; if it didn't cater to business owners they wouldn't have done it.

I don't have a solution to this without either (a) exposing yourself to ruin or (b) consciously killing your interest in any commercial creative medium.

Or (c) piracy.

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Copyright was invented by Brits and spread worldwide by Americans; if it didn’t cater to business owners they wouldn’t have done it.

I have the emphasis on "current" because of exclusive licensing and the lengthening of copyright terms before lapsing to public domain.

Or © piracy.

That's potentially exposing yourself to financial ruin (see: Nintendo)

[–] shani66@ani.social 9 points 1 month ago

Piracy can be pretty safe if you have the first idea what you're doing.

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