Thread: What do you think? (downloading vs. Buying)

Originally Posted by LenMiyata

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Speaking of counterfeit and Pirated merchandise, the estimate now is that over half of all the Anime sold in the US market are bootlegs in origin. Here's the link to the 'Pirate Anime FAQ' to give you information on how to spot and avoid being ripped off by counterfeit products...

The Pirate Anime FAQ
http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/piratefaq.html

Seeing it is a .uk site, is it also this big in Europe?

buying because it's a lot safer and even though it costs more ( ) it's possible to stay in your head longer. if you download it, you might forget what file it is, it could have a virus, it could be illegal, etc.

i would buy anime because well theres better quality in the picture and sound the only let down is the price tags

i usually buy most of my manga but download alot of anime b/c its so darn expensive. music if i only like one song by a certain band then ill just download that one song intead buying the cd. i dont think downloading is that bad if you use it in moderation.

Downloading cos there more choice to choose from and buying anime here in the UK is £20 which is about $35 (USA Dollars) and that only 5 episodes also fans sub is better fonts/colour then the DVD sub version [edit smiles]

I personally like downloading, since when anime are not licensed then it really is no proble,m,however when an anime is licensed, the anime should be bought.

Around here, i don't see any good places to buy anime, and yeah downloading is cheaper. I downloaded the Inuyasha movie.