Why Is Pirating Games Bad But Pirating Anime and Manga Is Ok?

[OutforEC]

Not sure about Manga, but there are two reasons for anime. First, the idea that pirating television shows is... well, a problem at all, is kind of insipid. Tell me, why is it perfectly okay to record a television episode off the television, but not okay to get it online? There is no good reason for this; it's one of the most extreme examples of our utter failure to adapt copyright law to the internet.

The argument is that the people behind television shows make their money through advertisement revenue, and to download it online has the potential to rob them of money they might otherwise make. Not necessarily saying I agree, I've just heard it mentioned before.

Hmm... interesting argument. I admit it might actually have something going for it, but it would be pretty small. The fact still stands that future advertising revenue would be largely lost because of recorded episodes, and then there's the question of people like me that don't have television service anyway and just use the internet instead. But admittedly, that argument does give me pause. I'll have to think about that one more.

I agree that in today's often web-based entertainment culture that content providers need to factor online delivery to customers into their revenue equations much more-so than in the past. It's something that large media corporations have largely ignored, and needs to be addressed if they want to continue to deliver content in the way they've done in the past. To do anything else is quickly becoming a recipe for bankruptcy, as smaller, more rapidly evolving and often more customer-friendly independent studios begin to pass them by.