VOCALOID Piracy

Pocaloid is the name of the illegal version of the Vocaloid software whose coding has been hacked to allow use. Amongst fans there is some concern about using the software and while some may ignore the use, others discourage it while some may may not be concern for the illegal sharing of such a software.

Some forums such as Vocaloid Otaku, do not support any form of linking to the software. The reason for this however is that Vocaloid Otaku has acts as a centre hub for English Vocaloid companies and fans, in order to maintain its close ties to Zero-F and PowerFX effectively, they cannot supply nor condone the supply of links to this version of the software.

Software studios do not support this version of the software and help will not be supplied if you have issues with the software. It is off putting for some fans to download this version of the software as if they have problems they have no option but to seek out help from other fans. The other issue is, if one seeks to actually use for the software for profitable reasons, any song produced by the software must be made from the legal version, if music is published commerically using the illegal software then the person using the software risks being found out and their work shunned on a commerical level.

See Legal Implications for more details.

Note; the Wikia will not give links to the software or post the names of forums that do allow this out of respect for the companies.