Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 52 Edition
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i still think if all 1,000 ante out $500 per person, they have half a million to shoot Xedo out of the water
Originally posted by av98m:not as much as 1000 starhub suscribers are going to be paying this week
I was looking around the shops yesterday. It looks like many of the R1 anime DVDs in shops here are brought in by Odex as well, so if you want to do an effective boycott, buy your R1 DVDs online!!
And there's actually plenty of parallel import stuff from places like hong kong. Even poh kim presses some anime titles, like Bleach for example. -
ReallyOriginally posted by av98m:not as much as 1000 starhub suscribers are going to be paying this week
I was looking around the shops yesterday. It looks like many of the R1 anime DVDs in shops here are brought in by Odex as well, so if you want to do an effective boycott, buy your R1 DVDs online!!
And there's actually plenty of parallel import stuff from places like hong kong. Even poh kim presses some anime titles, like Bleach for example.
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Oops! Did the 1000 Starhub subscribers cave in to Odex's extortion demands?Originally posted by av98m:not as much as 1000 starhub suscribers are going to be paying this week
I was looking around the shops yesterday. It looks like many of the R1 anime DVDs in shops here are brought in by Odex as well, so if you want to do an effective boycott, buy your R1 DVDs online!!
And there's actually plenty of parallel import stuff from places like hong kong. Even poh kim presses some anime titles, like Bleach for example.
Interesting. I didn't know Odex was also an importer of R1 anime titles into Singapore.
When's your order from Amazon scheduled to arrive? Are you worried that the DVDs might get impounded by the local authorities for a censorship screening? -
Actually it is quite safe if they have already shown the anime in SingaporeOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:Oops! Did the 1000 Starhub subscribers cave in to Odex's extortion demands?
Interesting. I didn't know Odex was also an importer of R1 anime titles into Singapore.
When's your order from Amazon scheduled to arrive? Are you worried that the DVDs might get impounded by the local authorities for a censorship screening?
eg. Witch Hunter Robin
I'm going to buy that from Amazon -
I think they will be receiving letters starting from this weekOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:Oops! Did the 1000 Starhub subscribers cave in to Odex's extortion demands?
Interesting. I didn't know Odex was also an importer of R1 anime titles into Singapore.
When's your order from Amazon scheduled to arrive? Are you worried that the DVDs might get impounded by the local authorities for a censorship screening?
I didn't realise it also until I saw "distributed by Odex Pte Ltd" stickers on quite a few bandai usa DVDs. (if I were the shops I'd rip out those stickers real quick. Now they're as good as "don't buy me" stickers)
It'll arrive in a week or two. As for whether it gets sent to the censorship board, who knows. -
So what did our PM say last night? Any verbal gaffles?
I didn't watch the telecase and I haven't read the news -
i liked the Xedo flash thingy and also the blog
i wonder if amazon will suddenly feel a slight surge of orders from Singapore
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We're too small a market. they won't even noticeOriginally posted by the Bear:i liked the Xedo flash thingy and also the blog
i wonder if amazon will suddenly feel a slight surge of orders from Singapore -
apart from his usual verbal diarrhoea?
someone posted that he was sweating in the armpits and had sweat stains.. before he went on his aural assault on people's sanityOriginally posted by av98m:So what did our PM say last night? Any verbal gaffles?
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in our kangaroo courts? I dunno.Originally posted by the Bear:i still think if all 1,000 ante out $500 per person, they have half a million to shoot Xedo out of the water
I'd think that most of the arguments put forth so far have already been used by Starhub and Pacific Internet during the closed hearings? -
half a million buys a lot of sharks
and if the Moonhub fellas join the tengins ones, you have a huge warchest
Originally posted by av98m:in our kangaroo courts? I dunno.
I'd think that most of the arguments put forth so far have already been used by Starhub and Pacific Internet during the closed hearings? -
Oh btw I think it's a bit of a BS that they have to pay Singtel for the info
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Ah, I see.Originally posted by elindra:Actually it is quite safe if they have already shown the anime in Singapore
eg. Witch Hunter Robin
I'm going to buy that from Amazon
However, the broadcast version of an anime title might contain a number of edits to appease the censors, while the DVD release usually contains the full and uncut version which might include 'objectionable' content. Also, I wouldn't rely on the censors knowing that a particular series has aired in Singapore.
As I've mentioned in a previous posting, Amazon's prices on R1 DVDs aren't very competitive. Have you taken a look at other online DVD retailers? I highly recommend Deep Discount DVD and DVD Planet; both have really good prices and ship internationally. -
I'd think that the ISPs will claim administrative costs.Originally posted by elindra:Oh btw I think it's a bit of a BS that they have to pay Singtel for the info
Especially if they get a court order
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In the first place, how the heck did they come up with a figure of $3000-$5000 per downloader?
I'm no legal expert, but I very much doubt that they spent $3000-$5000 on legal and admin costs for every single downloader they catch. After all, if it involves 1000 downloaders, it then implies that ODEX spent $3 million - $5 million in all... which is something that I must take with a huge tablespoon of salt. -
Anyway, I feel that its actually unfair to focus all the hatred on the stephen sing guy, who is after all just one of the people behind this. What about Peter Go?
Be fair. Spread the hatred. -
You mean this?Originally posted by the Bear:apart from his usual verbal diarrhoea?
someone posted that he was sweating in the armpits and had sweat stains.. before he went on his aural assault on people's sanity
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That's for future earnings lost because after this legal action, its only a matter of time before the company collapses.Originally posted by fudgester:In the first place, how the heck did they come up with a figure of $3000-$5000 per downloader?
I'm no legal expert, but I very much doubt that they spent $3000-$5000 on legal and admin costs for every single downloader they catch. After all, if it involves 1000 downloaders, it then implies that ODEX spent $3 million - $5 million in all... which is something that I must take with a huge tablespoon of salt. -
damnit, i'm suffering from monday blues.
i thought even the pm was wearing blue, must have been a blue day yesterday.
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Thank you for the new linksOriginally posted by Meia Gisborn:Ah, I see.
However, the broadcast version of an anime title might contain a number of edits to appease the censors, while the DVD release usually contains the full and uncut version which might include 'objectionable' content. Also, I wouldn't rely on the censors knowing that a particular series has aired in Singapore.
As I've mentioned in a previous posting, Amazon's prices on R1 DVDs aren't very competitive. Have you taken a look at other online DVD retailers? I highly recommend Deep Discount DVD and DVD Planet; both have really good prices and ship internationally.
I'll study them when I'm home
Anyway if suay suay kenna censorship board you only have to pay $1.80 per disc -
The CB property agents are getting desperate. Been getting calls and knocking on door visits on a daily basis
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dude. odex anime sales can't be any worse then it is now.Originally posted by av98m:That's for future earnings lost because after this legal action, its only a matter of time before the company collapses.
before that it was pathetic, after this, its just 0.
not that it'll affect them much anyway, afterall they earn money thru distributing in sea region. -
yeah and that xephone xenon guy claims that odex does not profit from any of this. so naive.Originally posted by fudgester:In the first place, how the heck did they come up with a figure of $3000-$5000 per downloader?
I'm no legal expert, but I very much doubt that they spent $3000-$5000 on legal and admin costs for every single downloader they catch. After all, if it involves 1000 downloaders, it then implies that ODEX spent $3 million - $5 million in all... which is something that I must take with a huge tablespoon of salt. -
That is because they focused on bloody VCDSOriginally posted by stellazio:dude. odex anime sales can't be any worse then it is now.
before that it was pathetic, after this, its just 0.
not that it'll affect them much anyway, afterall they earn money thru distributing in sea region.
Whoever buys VCDS and at such a cut throat price too -
tell them outright.. if they keep harrassing you, you're getting the cops on them..
11 more days right?
and.. i just sent feedback about lau lee's son... told them that he should discover the miracles of underarm anti-pesperantOriginally posted by av98m:The CB property agents are getting desperate. Been getting calls and knocking on door visits on a daily basis