Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-25648422-20180509012729

Originally, Meerkat said they were going to create a thread with this topic but they gave me permission to create it instead. So, here it is.

Reprints. Editors in the Vocaloid Wiki normally place links to reprints--specifically, the unofficial type--of songs in song articles.

To anyone who is not familiar with the term "reprint", simply put: reprint is the term used to refer to reuploads of videos.

Over time, we let reprints around in song articles. However, the main problem with reprints is that not every VOCALOID producer out there will be okay with having any of their songs reuploaded elsewhere. Sure, some producers probably don't seem to mind having their songs reuploaded elsewhere but we should never ever ignore the producers who really forbid reuploads of their songs elsewhere.

Additionally, a reprint is not just simply taking someone's video and simply reuploading it. Taking someone's video, adding a fan translation on it, and then reuploading it will also count as a reprint.

Examples of producers who forbid people from reuploading their songs elsewhere include but are not limited to: GHOST, Dasu, Yunosuke, Giga-P, rerulili, Crusher-P.

Reasons
Now, allow me to mention every reason as to why we should consider no longer linking unofficial reprints of songs in song articles:
 * We would not know if the producers allow reprints of their videos unless they themselves state so. You may never know. Some of the reprints of songs lying around in some song articles the entire time will actually upset the producers should they find out that their songs have been reuploaded by someone else.
 * There are reprints who get more views than the original uploads. This happens a lot, sadly. In the case where a VOCALOID producer is not so well-known, unofficial reprints of the songs by someone else usually get more views than the producer's original uploads.
 * Reprints usually get taken down. A lot. And they usually get taken down by VOCALOID producers who absolutely don't want any of their songs reuploaded elsewhere. By the time you browse some song articles, you might end up finding out that the links to the unofficial reprints of the songs are already dead.
 * Some unofficial reprints give out unofficial free downloads of the songs they reupload. This is a really huge deal because it is not up to us to give out free downloads of someone else's songs to the public. That's up to the producer. They are the ones who will decide if their songs will be free for download or if their songs will be sold in which you have to purchase them if you want to have them. Giving out free downloads of songs that are meant to be sold is just a huge no-no.
 * There is usually more than one unofficial reprint of a song. This reason is very clear enough so I won't expand on this.
 * Some producers are aware that their songs can be mistranslated. As much as some producers want their songs to be heard by other people who don't share the same nationality as them, they know that there are people can mistranslate their songs and will therefore be upset if their songs are mistranslated. Worse, those mistranslations placed in their songs' videos get a lot of views that they surpass the views of their original uploads.
 * Anyone can try to claim others' songs as their own. Impersonation and plagiarism can occur. Worse? They can profit from them too. They can take ad revenue.
 * Some producers see unofficial reprints as a threat to them. Refer to the second, fourth, sixth, and seventh bullets.
 * It seems we don't include unofficial SoundCloud reprints. Aside from YouTube, SoundCloud is also the site where unofficial reprints are also thrown in as well but it seems we don't really place SoundCloud links to unofficial reprints in song articles at all. Just YouTube links.
 * Derivatives sections in articles can have unofficial reprints too. Of course, there are people who forbid having their covers or fanmade videos reuploaded by others. Therefore, they matter and should not be ignored as well.

Our community consensus?
What do you all think? Now that I have listed ever good reason, should we no longer link unofficial reprints of songs in song articles? Should we remove all links to unofficial reprints of songs for good?

Feel free to voice your thoughts and opinions on this.

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