Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-6433273-20180322113157/@comment-53539-20180413091011

Pinkgirl234 wrote: Angel Emfrbl wrote:

The number of producers with illegal vocaloids is often high in areas such as the Philippines, China, Mexico, etc. As someone who is a Filipino and lives in the Philippines, allow me to say this.

Philippines doesn't make it to the Top 20 Countries for Software Piracy and License Misuse list (in the case of 2017, which is the most recent so far) or probably to any other piracy rate statistics or lists. Additionally, from what I observed, the number of VOCALOID fans in the Philippines does not seem to be really big compared to other countries (ex. United States of America, Japan, Spain, Russia) and the number of VOCALOID producers in the Philippines is also pretty small. Not to mention, the estimated population of the Philippines as of 2018 is about 106,000,000.

Don't get me wrong though. I don't deny that there are some Filipinos who download or who have downloaded VOCALOID for free (and I don't mean the trials). It just so happens that the Filipino VOCALOID community ain't really so big. I was stating where in the rankings it was, only its high. Bare in mind it depends on poverty, cultural attitude, internet access and population number that has access to the internet. *shrugs*. I just said its high like in some other countries. I listed a few known with the issue that's all.

I live in the UK myself wherein its okay to own pirated stuff, the law doesn't care if its for personnel use. However, the moment you *sell* the pirated stuff for money, or even give it to a friend, that's when the law could get on your back. Your not allowed to pass things around that aren't legit, and making money off of them especially is a no-no. And this is odd because my country is often described as a "nanny state" wherein they have laws for a lot of things to prevent its citizens from doing things that aren't good for them.