SakuraG - On softsubs

Posted by SakuraG +15 days ago (on ViiKii)

If I hadn't seen so many people abuse the good will of fansub groups by hard encoding their softsubs (which are legal) with video raws ( which is illegal in a number of countries) and posting them to streaming video sites, I might agree that downloading would be good. I've worked with several people on subs for Japanese vids who quit subbing completely because they were afraid of legal problems. I'm sure some of you know of a number of people who've gotten kicked off some sites because their subs were linked to raws, whose license holders objected. If selfish and inconsiderate people who want attention and don't mind getting it at the expense of subbers could magically disappear, I'd say , "by all means", but I'm not willing to face a multimillion dollar copyright infringement lawsuit, which is why I now work someplace where you CAN'T download the subs! I also wish I could download subs when the site is busy or it's late, but unless you can think of way where only trustworthy people could access downloading rights, I think you may drive some translators from this site.