Did I miss something on the ‘net? Odex is somewhat obsessed with proving that they aren’t “profiting” off of their recent lawsuits. They now say that they’re hiring an independent auditor to prove it, and any profit s/he finds will go to charity. Which is groovy, but let me make a couple of points:
1. If you’re hiring an auditor, he or she works for you, and is no longer independent. Nyah!
2. I’m not sure if “we’re not trying to make money off these lawsuits! We’re getting all of these people into a shit-ton of legal and financial trouble OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF OUR HEARTS!” is really the message you want to send.
Now, the charity thing is cool, but I suggest taking it a step farther: find the downloaders, and instead of presenting them with a giant bill for the stuff they snagged, give them the option to pay only half of it– and to the charity you’ve chosen instead of to you. (By the way, I notice your charity wasn’t named; if it turns out to be the “Victims of BitTorrent” fund I’m going to have to, as the kids say, “choke a bitch.”)
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August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 am
Er, an independant auditor is just one who is not affiliated to the company. Just because it is hired does not mean it will bow to the company. Obviously.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:24 pm
I know what an independent auditor is ;) My point is that if company X pays auditor Y to audit their company, it’s hard to buy that auditor Y will do as thorough and un-biased a job as, say, government auditor Z.
August 31st, 2007 at 8:53 pm
A robber called Sin-kar-lin (in Hakka) already found guilty for robbing a whole village of young and poor people, is in court for sentencing.
Judge: Do you have anyting to say?
Sin-kar-lin: Your honour, actually ah, only part of the money I stole is for my survival. The rest I wanna donate to charity. Your honour can recommend some charities, ah?
Judge: I got five words for you. Tell it to the Marines. I hereby sentence you to 10 years imprisonment and 84 storkes of the rotan.
Sin-kar-lin: Like that hor, I bring my gang and appeal lor.
Judge: Good. Then we can also cane your gang.
September 2nd, 2007 at 7:16 am
While I find it admirable that Odex will donate the ‘proceeds’ to charity, we must still note that the scare tactics which will drive anime fans to buy the originals will eventually profit them. So this gesture is bullshit.