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jez321 Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Total posts: 8 Gender: Unknown |
 Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:27 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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I've heard that it is possible, apparently you need a box which you connect to the tv and internet that costs a few hundred $ (AU). If you know someone in Japan who doesn't mind connecting this box to their tv and net then you can watch it all for free...if not, you can pay some monthly rental fee to rent out a tv/internet connection with some company that will be used to send the tv to you...
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groinkLocation: Hawaii Age: 41 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:56 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| jez321 wrote: | | I've heard that it is possible, apparently you need a box which you connect to the tv and internet that costs a few hundred $ (AU). If you know someone in Japan who doesn't mind connecting this box to their tv and net then you can watch it all for free...if not, you can pay some monthly rental fee to rent out a tv/internet connection with some company that will be used to send the tv to you... |
LOL! Someone didn't read my last post on this topic. 
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jez321Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Total posts: 8 Gender: Unknown |
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groinkLocation: Hawaii Age: 41 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| jez321 wrote: | | LOL indeed, what you mentioned is a slightly different system plus you talked as if the company had been shut down so people may think there is no way to do it now. I'm saying it IS possible as I know someone who is doing it at the moment. |
A company offering the service does NOT mean what they're offering is legal. That was the whole point of the article. Basically, any service that broadcasts, streams, uploads, or mails video out of Japan without approval by HOBANKYO is deemed illegal, according to the decision made by the Tokyo District Court.
It has nothing to do with the type of system you're referring to, and whether or not they're still in business and open to subscribers. To date, HOBANKYO has never given approval for this type of distribution. One side point is that if you do consider subscribing to service like this, I would not because HOBANKYO has a history of working with authorities outside of Japan in order to catch people. And the people involved aren't just the sellers... The BUYERS are also open to legal action. If you go to a video store in California and rent a video tape or DVD of a recorded TV show, and the recording does not display a HOBANKYO decal, you're open to legal action. Same thing with video services like F-Shrine and the company you're referring to - if the list of subscribers get in the hands of HOBANKYO and you're on that list, you're legally in trouble.
--- groink
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jez321Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Total posts: 8 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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Hmm ok fair enough, I don't know a whole lot about the legality of it and having your name and details listed by a company that's doing something illegal probably isn't a good thing.
Now I could be wrong about this but the impression that I got was that subscription to the company just provides the tv and internet connection to send you the data, so if you could get hold of one of these boxes and had a friend in Japan who didn't mind hooking it up to their tv and net, you wouldn't need to subscribe to a company at all.
edit: It's also a little scary to hear that this HOBANKYO takes this so seriously, wouldn't they then also have an interest in sites like d-addicts?
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