Postby jeffbert » 21 years ago
No. Although I did indicate my willingness a few months ago in the topic about anapan's ftp, I have since reconsidered. I live in the USA, with the news about teenagers arrested for sharing music files, I have been increasingly concerned about file sharing. I legitimately own Astroboy tapes from the 60s and 80s, and advise anyone interested to buy his own copies. As regards the Astroboy episodes I have downloaded, they are either episodes that have not yet been released in English, or duplicates of episodes that I own on VHS. Because my downloading them does not take way business from anyone who would have otherwise sold them to me, I see no moral violation. If the government sees a legal violation, that is a chance I will take. If and when these are made available, I will buy them. If I download a few episodes of some other anime, & like them, I usually buy a legitimate copy. I have unknowingly bought some pirated anime, thinking that nobody could sell them openly, only to realize later that they were indeed bootleg copies. If you want to download them yourself, use eDonkey and Bullguard. If you have only dialup, but do not mind bootlegs, try eBay. B)
