User blog comment:Purpled/Cross-character cross-synth's legality/@comment-53539-20150215093310/@comment-53539-20150215205551

@Purpled, I've been in the One Piece fandom and I know some are very casual about One Piece illegal subs and scanalations. And I'd rather fans be casual about it. Though the issue is, the reason why its casual is everyone knows its illegal and there is no beating around the bush about it. Fans support their series other ways such as figurines or games, but they want the manga/anime in the meantime to occupy themselves between their purchases. There would be no reason for half the One Piece fans to support the show if they didn't have easy access to the illegal material.

So Oda would loose out in some respects. Though every new editor of S.Jump magazine that comes along disagrees and has tried to stop scan groups from getting illegal copies out there... The reality is... Honestly...? There is more then one way sometimes to support what you're a fan of. I'm all for supporting copyrighted material, but at the same, if you have no fans at all you can't get their money out of their pockets... At this point the series is so long that I'll be surprise when it finally finishes its run and nobody is expected to buy all volumes the moment they become a fan. So starting off tame with a figurine here and there is a subtle way of supporting your new fandom.

Some companies like Hasbro are "okay" so long as no MLP fan uploads a video in DVD quality resolution, as its only by being so lax they HAVE a fandom. :-/

Ergo, there is nothing wrong with being casual about discussing illegal stuff. So long as everyone accepts that they still got to toss in the right support to either promote their favourite franchise to attract the fans who will support it or support it directly. Unfortunately, this is something some vocaloid fans are still learning and until enough learn this you will have the same issues crop up time and time again.

I'm one of those who views that if your doing something illegal, you should just shut up about it. But due to my experience in other fandoms, I tend not to worry as much. So long as the XSY work doesn't see publish and two or more vocaloids get bought in the process, I kinda... Don't see there being much of an issue.

In another ten years, I'm sure nobody is is going to be really giving this much of a thought. Its literally just because the feature is new its on the table. The only Big deal right now is people don't understand WHY its illegal and this is leading to some teething problems with XSY. Once everyone understands, things will quieten down.

Generally from VO experience, nobody is disallowed to discuss things, just not allowed to link or supply the "how" on it. VO forums is "neutral" on such topics, for example Pocaloid is the "classic". They can discuss it but can't link to it.