Quote Originally Posted by David75 View Post
So yes, it's still illegal, but nothing is all black or all white. Funimation is able to sue people only because OP became popular for many reasons, and partly thanks to fansubing.
Hammering people that would never even think of buying OP in the first place, might have a dire effects on sales later. Never underestimate backfiring, the internet is a small world.
Who knows, this whole thing might not have happened without the Fractale fiasco. Forgetting the American license holders, the Japanese copyright holders are an altogether different matter and nigh impossible to predict. Maybe with the exception of Ghibli (and some others I can't name) they seem to have a pretty schizophrenic attitude towards the foreign market: Wanting extra money yet being all paranoid at the same time. Any business wants extra money, but it's pretty hard to form a lasting relationship if you accept the money with the right hand yet at the same time stab with the left hand...