That is assuming every single viewing of a series' episodes equates to a lost sale, which is empirically incorrect. Having said that, I will come clean and say I do watch fansubbed series online and enjoy the convenience.
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This is the logic that is sent up again and again. Watching subbed anime in English the week after it comes out in Japan is not a God-given right. Yes it is convenient, but if it is a licensed title in your home country (in this case the US) it is illegal. And illegal for a reason.
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Do not, however, automatically tar and feather me because I do so. I wouldn't have known about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya without watching the series online. I even have the first DVD in the series and am seriously considering ordering the boxset so I can watch it on my computer or DVD player more legitimately. I also have the first five Bleach discs, first two Negima?! discs and a few other oneshot anime discs as well.
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You can honestly say you would never have known about The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya if you hadn't found episodes online? It's a pretty well advertised and buzzed about title.
I am not going to tar and feather you, as I think you have a grasp on what you are doing. It is those that think that if it is available for free, then it isn't stealing or hurting anybody that I tar and feather.
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Animation companies taking a hand in trying to keep their IP's off the internet by pressuring sites to pull uploaded episodes is doing a lot to make buying the actual DVDs a more attractive option. It's getting to be quite an arduous process finding new uploads of series I am following, and even the enjoyment of this illegal activity is becoming dimmer because of that uncertainty.
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That's why they do it.
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In closing, illegal streaming and uploading of copyrighted anime isn't going to go away soon, if ever. But I am one person who is starting to see the light and logic of actually buying the series I watch so I can enjoy them whenever I want without difficulty.
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Cheers to seeing the light. (You'll find it is actually more satisfying, too)