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Damn narutofan, shiet [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
I personally dislike it becasue now the newbies think they'll have to pay to watch naruto, $3 but it's still money, when it says "This is a free fansub" etc in the naruto intro... I think it stinks to be honest... and narutofan ain't "good-hearted", they only want money... and like announce all over the page "DONATE", "DONATE MONEY FOR NARUTO", I think it's bad propaganda.... What's your thoughs
well, it's an exclusive service. is it right that they should profit from naruto. no. but they do provide a service to people and probably need the money to cover the cost. if you don't want it then don't get it. besides you can always go for the usual and regular way of getting naruto. no one has to pay for a free fansub and thats that.
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That's why you should get the eps directly from the *source* (whether it's raw, subbed or from your tv --> your TVcard) ASAP, old torrent almosts always have few or no seeds. If you have it, why would you need to dl it again??????
Manga: Again, learn irc, get it from the *source* instead from some other middleman.
If it's too much trouble for you, then by all means pay the middleman for their *services*.
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Damn! If only you could barter like in morrowind in real life. $_$
*sigh
I'm trying to stay away from NarutoFan.com. They have a nice website and hold a lot of content, but the donations from the beginning have seemed a little fishy. Right now they're donations are up to somewhere in the 1500's. I can understand why they might need to charge for the direct downloads, but for keeping up a website (even dishing out prizes like they do) its a little odd.
For something we so avidlyread, watch i tihnk some of that, interest should translate into money for the creator, and to for the individuals doing our translations. the fact that someone is so turned off by paying for what they used is utterly disguesting. take some responsability for the things that you do, and the things that you use. As a consumer we have a responsabilty to the people who put their time and effort to give us a quality product.
Whatever you say I still think that Naruto fansub should remain free, atleast that's AonE's policy...
yeah but most placing have something in place where you can give 10 cents if thats all you can do but its there and giving someting for something you use is not unhear of or uncalled for- 3 dollars may be a bit steep for some people, but the fact someone is upset at the fact someone is asking for money i dont understnd. its not like they are asking for it to make a profit. but i for one know bandwidth is not free so sites with decent contect, and heavy traffic costs money- and the hosting company or ISP doesnt give a rats ass if wahts being served come at a personal loss to their customer. to me its just a curtousy to pay @least something we use it. Its our community, lets support it.
Now if a group or site is pulling an excess of 1500 a month in donations and then still wanting to charge...something is f@#$ed about that; there is no way hositng is running them that much, you can get over 3 terabytes of traffic for that kind of money.
that reminds me- gotwoot needs their dondation from this month.
They may deserve money, but fansubbing being free has always been the common understanding. Groups that do it for the money shouldn't be calling it fansubbing anymore. Sites and groups that try too hard to get money just end up losing respect. There are always other ways to get these things anyways, there's no reason to panic yet.
but if we pay for the fansub, then wuts the point in putting those fonts in animes where they tel u its a free fansub and if u paid for it uve been ripped off, i mean three dollars aint much but still it aint a free fansub anymore
The anime companies have had a tendency to smile gently on fansubs, but if someone tries to make a porfit from fansubs that could all come to an end. As far as money for the creator, you know Kishimoto isn't getting a dime from NarutoFan. It's obvious that they are taking in more money than they need to keep the site running.
"Samsonlonghair - The Defender of the Oppressed And Shunned!" -Kraco
i think it's complete bullshit that they're gonna charge people.
once again i'd like to say.......i wish i could profit from other people's work [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]
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makes you wonder if pplz will actually pay for it
most likely inane and AA dont want their work to be profitable for others. they will put a stop to this, they wont let other ppl use their eps and chapters. if narutofan wants to charge ppl they should do their own subs and scanlations and since the free ones still would exist no one would buy their crap. and isnt it forbidden by law to make money on other ppls work?
Hmm. What ticks me off kinda is that there are plenty of other places where ppl can get Direct downloads for free! I don't use direct downloads for the most part because those direct dl's chew up a lot of the bandwidth and would cut out others who can't use P2P software like bittorrent. (officially, I can't either, but my university doesn't keep tabs on everyone...I hope)
If they make people pay. Nobody will visit their site anymore. NarutoChunnshin anyone??
However, for people who kindly donate. I have notthing against that. If I were The person running the Narutofan site I surely don't mind people so kindly lessening the burden of mantaining the site though.
MmmMmm. Ooiiishiii
Yes bull shit inDEED.
besides their site is constantly getting hacked by people. waste of money.
their donations are so high.... think what you can do with all that money. its like dictatorship naruto style.
I could be wrong, but the way I read it NarutoFan and NarutoInsider are 2 different sites. NarutoFan agreed to advertise for NarutoInsider, in return for money from the referrals.
Now, while I will agree that trying to make profit off someone else's work is wrong, I really have a hard time blaming NarutoFan for trying to make a little money for doing nothing more than adding an add on their site for someone else's site. Honestly, how many of you would refuse if someone offered you a percentage for every person you got to buy into something, even if you knew that thing was wrong? If NarutoFan itself was forcing people to pay, I would agree that they should go to hell[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img], but being paid to advertise is totally different.Affiliate Program
Naruto Insider offers an affiliate program. NarutoFan.com is a member of this, as they do not own Naruto Insider. Webmasters can make money off of their anime website. Each member that is referred to Naruto Insider from an affiliates website, earns that webmaster a generous percentage of the subscription.
Everyone is over reacting. Narutofan is not charging anybody for Direct Downloads but advertising a site that does. Even if they were you're not paying for the fansub and they would still offer links to sites who offer the free fansubs like they always do, you're paying for the high speed direct download service. Tazmo does get a lot of donations but he gives a sh*tload of prizes every week as well as having a high number of media servers so that they can meet the demands of a growing Naruto fanbase while keeping good download rates. So to the people bashing him and his site without knowing the facts: shutup. Narutofan.com is one of the few Naruto sites that is still running and is always updating with new info and media. Show some appreciation, if the idea of paying to download fansubs (at a fast rate) doesn't rub you the right way then don't click on the ad. I would never pay for a free fansub and still accept the 3-4 hour wait for Naruto to download, but its a choice to be made. So take it easy and drop the Narutofan bashing when you dont know whats really going down.
i think its wrong to even advertize for a site that makes money on someone else's work. i dont mind sites having the potion to donate but even just advertizing for some bullshit crap fest site for money is wrong. the bottom line is do not try to make money on other ppls work. which both of them do since narutofan advertize it and narutoinsider is the site doing it or will do it.
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