How my life is mostly about JE

[darkgloom]

☂ I rarely comment on kattunlove, but apparently I feel really strongly about the current Arashi fansubbing issues. This kind of confirmed a few of my thoughts and kind of makes stormy_team and sbkfansubs seem... well, yes. Not that I disagree with locking subs, but the whole application process is just so.. out there

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[darkgloom]

While I can understand locking subs, I find their application process unreasonable and baffling. And I agree with you about the JE thing. It's doubtful that JE would care so much, and to my knowledge, no one has been sued. There might have been cease and desist letters but if we're following JE's rules, then by all rights everyone on LJ or anyone who has ever posted JE pics, etc, would have gotten them too. The cease and desist letters aren't limited to fansubs or videos. I find the whole mass hysteria baffling, especially with the fansubbing groups so paranoid about being found out and yet so willing to mark their names all over the vids. Kind of ironic, no?

Yeah, I agree pretty much. My impression of both stormy-team and sbkfansubs is that they're really just playing power games. And to be honest, all this backlash was pretty predictable. They thought they could still retain goodwill from fans while treating them rudely and condescendingly and like potential 'streaming criminals'? Heh, good luck with that. There's a reason why 'guilty until proven innocent' laws don't work.

I love Arashi but I'm not willing to put up with being treated like that or letting them judge whether my love for Arashi is 'good enough'. The whole thing just raises my heckles.

Me too! Though it looks like the comment from a fan and the screenshot about the ratings averaging where deleted >_>

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