Talk:RUBY/@comment-35524413-20190424225146/@comment-1883721-20190613015728

Hi! This is Lupin, previously known as Kenji-B, also known as nostraightanswer.

To be even clearer, neither Aki or I had to take down our UTAU at all. Aki chose to take down her UTAU roughly because she felt like she should, and I kept my UTAU up- in fact, uploaded the current version of him- during DEX and DAINA's development because most if not all of those recordings were from 2012, 2013. Misha's UTAU- Makune Hachi- was taken down because she was told to by either YAMAHA or Power FX, but that's just what I heard from the rumor mill (I don't remember if it was confirmed). UTAU voice providers being required to take down their UTAU as part of VOCALOID development was never a rule that applied to all parties; the community extrapolated this factoid based on Makune Hachi's takedown in regards to Ruby's development.

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It's technically off topic, but I figured I'd address it: The last time I used POCALOID was in 2010. I do remember saying that I preferred it due to its UI back then, but basically since before VOCALOID 3 came out, I hadn't used it since. I also don't recall making proper tutorials for VOCALOID or POCALOID, though I do remember trying to explain the editor's functions to other aspiring VOCALOID users on Utaforum.net way back in 2010. (And failing, cause the truth was I didn't know anything.) Interesting that the mentinoned "tutorials" were somehow, supposedly featured in any capacity anywhere, espescially since I never gave permission to put them anywhere besides the Utaforum. Hmm.

I do have a certain stance on piracy that, put overly-simply, is fairly open-minded. I am highly aware that others are critical of that stance. That said, basically since 2011, I personally haven't pirated anything in relation to my work as a musician or as a VOCALOID user. When I did, I was in early high school. I've been in college for several years now, and the reality is that if I used pirated software at this point, I wouldn't just be causing controversy, I would be getting in real legal trouble. And frankly, I don't have time for that.