"The anime example is regarded as true. Companies did not release anime in US and a thriving (and passionate) audience traded dupes, fansubs and fandubs at conventions and online until their number could not be ignored, and it is now a $4 billion industry. Not everyone steals everything always."
When did the legitimate release of anime begin in the U.S. market? We were offered some anime titles in 1992 but were too tredpidatious (ie-- chicken) to offer them to our public library market because of concerns about cartoon character nudity. But regardless of when anime was released on the American market, the situation Roger describes--fans trading recordings among themselves--also grew up in pop music with the Deadheads more or less leading the way. But early hip-hop recordings were distributed the same way as well as Black Metal, jam band, and other one-time non-mainstream genres. Not everyone steals everything always, but just about anything popular that's not nailed down will be stolen. "What this story really foretells, with music rights further fragmented away from music labels, is the final nail in their coffin. They can't even release remastered greatest hits anymore." Crap. And here I've been waiting for the Justin Bieber dub remixes to hit the streets. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
