A Russian company is openly promoting a blocked pirate site with its licensed releases?
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10/07/26 Птн 13:08:32
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The issue: "RuAnime" officially states in its VK group and Telegram channel that its releases feature "Anistar dubbing." At the same time, the blocked Anistar website is filled with ads for the gambling site 1xBet, which is also banned in Russia.
Questions:
1. Should copyright holders be concerned about reputational damage if they cooperate with "RuAnime," given that the company openly promotes a blocked pirate site?
2. Why would a company with official licenses continue to advertise a pirate brand that was banned for infringement?
3. I wonder if this is just a strange coincidence or a known practice in the industry?
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> 1. Should copyright holders be concerned about reputational damage if they cooperate with "RuAnime," given that the company openly promotes a blocked pirate site?
Would they even care atp? They'd better deducted that reputational damage the moment they decided to make some money in russia
> 2. Why would a company with official licenses continue to advertise a pirate brand that was banned for infringement?
Looks like that pirate brand is more appealing to the general audience than the possibility to not pirate. The copyright holders probably would lose nothing besides dignity and maybe gain some audience.
> 3. I wonder if this is just a strange coincidence or a known practice in the industry?
Where outside Japan do people respect anime' IP holders? This one is pretty evident.