• megopie@beehaw.org
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    14 hours ago

    That’s the core of the issue, crunchy roll has sat its self as a corporate middleman, buying the rights to distribute shows and then charging consumers a subscription for access.

    But they can’t be bothered to do the only actual damn work their position would realistically demand, beyond renting server space; providing translations for the foreign media they’re distributing.

    That’s without even discussing the fact that not a single penny users give them will end up in the hands of any of the exploited artists who actually made the shows, since the industry doesn’t work on residuals or any other kind of profit sharing, the licensing fees crunchy roll pays essentially going straight to financiers.

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      3 hours ago

      That’s without even discussing the fact that not a single penny users give them will end up in the hands of any of the exploited artists who actually made the shows

      That’s quite the assertion. How exactly do you suggest they’re buying the rights to distribute the shows then?