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[Discussion] Nearly all anime is copyrighted. What gives?
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this post was submitted on 18 Sep 2023
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If you have a disc copy of an anime, you are free to share the disc.
With a lot of foreign-from-your-country media it is hard to get an hold of that media without spending a lot via a 3rd-party.
If that media is available in your country, then you are free to share the official ways to consume that media.
Having an unofficial copy of a piece of media that isn't even available in your country isn't hurting the company behind it, as you are paying premium to a 3rd-party that already bought those copies of the media and now needs to pocket the extra percentage on it.
Copyright almost never applies to the consumer and is more meant to prevent other companies from reselling unofficial recreations or bundles, but of course that depends on laws of your state.
I think the issue is that people think they're still consumers, because they're not companies. Uploading an anime, heck uploading a clip from an anime to YouTube is already going above what being a consumer it. Not a company, certainly, but you're already above consumer and people keep getting confused by it.