Name: Anonymous 2006-07-28 2:19
I need some information about something.
There's a local Anime club near me that screens fansubbed Anime once every couple of weeks.
They hold the screenings at a University and have to pay rental costs for using the screening room. They get profit from this by charging Uni students $5 membership, or general public $10 membership, that lasts until the end of the year.
They also sell food and drink which gets them even more money.
Now... they don't do what a lot of other Anime clubs do. Normally, from what I've seen, is that Anime clubs will allow you a few free screenings to see if you want to become a member or not, then you have to pay the membership fee to take part in any more screenings.
This place does it differently. If you aren't a member, they'll charge you $2 for "a casual visit." There isn't any limit to how many "casual visits" you can make, and even if, say, you go to 4 screenings and pay $8, you still have to pay the full membership price on top of that.
Now, I'm already a member so I'm not complaining about having to pay $2 all the time, but I'm just a little concerned about the whole thing.
They're charging people $2 to sit in a room with a bunch of people to watch fansubbed Anime, nothing else.
You see on fansubbed Anime everytime, messages like "do not make profit from this!" and stuff.
Just how strictly do they enforce this rule? Is there some sort of national law against it? Or can't anyone actually do anything about it?
There's a local Anime club near me that screens fansubbed Anime once every couple of weeks.
They hold the screenings at a University and have to pay rental costs for using the screening room. They get profit from this by charging Uni students $5 membership, or general public $10 membership, that lasts until the end of the year.
They also sell food and drink which gets them even more money.
Now... they don't do what a lot of other Anime clubs do. Normally, from what I've seen, is that Anime clubs will allow you a few free screenings to see if you want to become a member or not, then you have to pay the membership fee to take part in any more screenings.
This place does it differently. If you aren't a member, they'll charge you $2 for "a casual visit." There isn't any limit to how many "casual visits" you can make, and even if, say, you go to 4 screenings and pay $8, you still have to pay the full membership price on top of that.
Now, I'm already a member so I'm not complaining about having to pay $2 all the time, but I'm just a little concerned about the whole thing.
They're charging people $2 to sit in a room with a bunch of people to watch fansubbed Anime, nothing else.
You see on fansubbed Anime everytime, messages like "do not make profit from this!" and stuff.
Just how strictly do they enforce this rule? Is there some sort of national law against it? Or can't anyone actually do anything about it?