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Hetalia Files
Hello, I'm sure a number of you know I run the Hetalia File Archive, a website that references all the official related posts on this Hetalia livejournal community. These posts include news, blog updates, scanlations, game info, and of course links to downloadable content such as raw & fansubbed episodes and audio...
It has been brought to my attention recently that the fansub links from the first two seasons have been deleted from LJ, and upon further investigation, that MegaUpload, which has been used to host a lot of fan uploaded content, has been seized by the American government under Copyright Infringement. This means there's probably a good chunk of links not working on my site right now.
Anti-Piracy is a big issue in the US right now, although SOPA and PIPA were turned down this past week. I'm a little in debate with what to do with my site concerning links to downloadable content. I wouldn't mind hosting the content myself, but being that my site is run on US ground, US laws apply to it.
I'd love to recommend FUNimation's streaming episodes as an alternative. I think they did a very decent job on the sub for the series and I'm all for supporting the company. Unfortunately a big chunk of Hetalia fans are not from the US or Canada and therefore can't access their content.
I'm a bit at a loss to what my options are in this matter. I want to provide this service to the fandom as a whole, but I don't want to... push my luck per se. I've been running the site since mid-2009 because I wanted to find posts easily myself, and decided to share it with others. Now and then I run into people IRL who have visited the site and they thank me for it, which amuses me, yet I get embarrassed too since I'm shy and the site still isn't as nice as I'd like it to be. But I've put hours upon hours of work into it, so I don't want to stop, and their compliments are encouraging for me to continue the work.
So I'm not sure what the future will hold for all that work, or even for future content posts here on LJ or other communities. If I get any Stop and Desist notice on certain content, I will abide to them, but I still want to be able to serve the community in some way.
Anyway, I guess I'd like to hear what everyone else's opinions and concerns are at this point. What direction would you like to see this go in? Or if anyone has some alternative suggestions?
Thanks for reading all this. I know it's not the joyful post this community deserves, but I think it's something to be addressed. Let me know what you think!
It has been brought to my attention recently that the fansub links from the first two seasons have been deleted from LJ, and upon further investigation, that MegaUpload, which has been used to host a lot of fan uploaded content, has been seized by the American government under Copyright Infringement. This means there's probably a good chunk of links not working on my site right now.
Anti-Piracy is a big issue in the US right now, although SOPA and PIPA were turned down this past week. I'm a little in debate with what to do with my site concerning links to downloadable content. I wouldn't mind hosting the content myself, but being that my site is run on US ground, US laws apply to it.
I'd love to recommend FUNimation's streaming episodes as an alternative. I think they did a very decent job on the sub for the series and I'm all for supporting the company. Unfortunately a big chunk of Hetalia fans are not from the US or Canada and therefore can't access their content.
I'm a bit at a loss to what my options are in this matter. I want to provide this service to the fandom as a whole, but I don't want to... push my luck per se. I've been running the site since mid-2009 because I wanted to find posts easily myself, and decided to share it with others. Now and then I run into people IRL who have visited the site and they thank me for it, which amuses me, yet I get embarrassed too since I'm shy and the site still isn't as nice as I'd like it to be. But I've put hours upon hours of work into it, so I don't want to stop, and their compliments are encouraging for me to continue the work.
So I'm not sure what the future will hold for all that work, or even for future content posts here on LJ or other communities. If I get any Stop and Desist notice on certain content, I will abide to them, but I still want to be able to serve the community in some way.
Anyway, I guess I'd like to hear what everyone else's opinions and concerns are at this point. What direction would you like to see this go in? Or if anyone has some alternative suggestions?
Thanks for reading all this. I know it's not the joyful post this community deserves, but I think it's something to be addressed. Let me know what you think!