Odex Seeking Compensation From Anime Downloaders

last SG · 2007-08-16T21:30:31+00:00

Odex sucks after reading this articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odex Odex was trying to earn money by riding on the success of the anime fanbase in Si...

FBI SG

cb y his face so white like drug addict

Vigelic SG

the IN supplement is distributed to schools onli.. onli got abt 100,000 copies each time. i think so la. if urs is get thru school one can u check wif ur frens or something?

yiha093 SG

i go school try find
its a long one, i bo scanner Crying or Very sad Laughing

caleb_chiang SG

Oh my Goosh... heard from my friend that he got odex'ed and was blackmailed as what he downloaded was not available by odex!!!!

Does they have the right to blackmail people and ask for compensation for something that they do not own? Evil or Very Mad

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Singnet and Starhub users - have been ODEXed.

PacNet - no. Because they have proven that ODEX isn't the exclusive copyright owner.

If he's the former, I say he can continue complaining, ODEX won't give a damn. What's done cannot be undone. Unless he wishes to fight it out in court.

caleb_chiang SG

I still think that it is not right for odex to seek payment for things that they do not even own in the first place.

It is completely blackmailing and who knows what happened after the payment? Other company comes with the same list and blackmail my friend again then how???

The animes that he downloaded are fansubbed that is not available in the market as of today... Rolling Eyes

ndmmxiaomayi SG

That’s what we think. It’s been discussed before… but the problem is, some have already paid up before they discover that ODEX isn’t the exclusive copyright owner or has the exclusive rights to distribute it.

caleb_chiang SG

My friend had not paid the 3k that they demanded from him... Rolling Eyes

I told him that it is like blackmailing lor. Odex did not deserve a single cent that they demanded from him and who knows another company will be sending him the exact same thing and demand another payment?

After which, another company. Is the authorities in SG actually allow this type of openly blackmailing???

ndmmxiaomayi SG

As far as I know, the authorities have not stepped in. Neutral

hisoka SG

probably because helping both sides would also entail bad publicity.

helping the d/lers may make it seem like they not that strict on the IP rights nonsense.

but helping the odex side would be sayig they allow for blackmailling and whatever

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I understand that they are in a fix over this issue... but this shouldn't be allowed.

Even if they can't help them to get back the fines they paid, can't they just send one warning letter to ODEX and say that they have done so?

It's not very hard. When ODEX tried to defend that its subtitles are bad due to censorship, MDA stepped in and said that this isn't the case.

I simply can't believe the relevant authorities can't step in and say the same thing that they have done wrongly. Rolling Eyes

hisoka SG

and what would they say they warned about? as far as i can figure, odex did nothing illegal or i should say nothing obviously/overwhelmingly illegal that authorities have to step in.

MDA had to step in because they were throwing blame at their door.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Nothing so illegal... but still they need to step in to clarify matters, otherwise people will assume that it's right to do so.

hisoka SG

but if they cannot find anything much to clarify, then they cannot step in what.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Like this also can?

Win liao law... Laughing

Sorry, can't resist the pun on this stupid show air on Mediacorp...

hisoka SG

Laughing

but true lah, i also want them to do something but i dunno what they can do without harming other interests.

yiha093 SG

okie
i found the article
got tat bloody man face there smiling
i coloured it black Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Pics? Laughing

caleb_chiang SG

Openly blackmailed so many people when they do not have the rights is called legal????? Rolling Eyes

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Well... so far none has been hauled to court for not paying... so nothing has exploded. Till someone is hauled to court for not paying because of this factor, I don't even think the relevant authorities will step in.

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