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If somebody asked me if we should have bombed Japan, a simple, "Yes, by all means. Drop that frakker... Twice!"

Anything with the Harmony Gold logo on it is fair game to me.

Ya, Harmony Gold is now violating US Copyright law. If they aren't willing to abide by it, why should we respect their rights, especially the ones that they may or may not actually have.

We need to do something to try to notify Big West about this. Either by Graham through Yamato, or by Egan Loo directly to BW.

Completely understood. I just wanted to raise the issue. If Harmony Gold can break US copyright laws...

Many of us have seen the records. The US Copyright Office recognizes Big West's legal claim to Macross Plus and Macross II. Its registered, you can look it up. This is a clear violation of US copyright law.

We've done it before, Roy. Got websites behind us, too. The main MW page even featured the MFA logo for a time.

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I am partially to blame for their strictness, I was the first one to really make an issue about it, and asked that it be stopped. At this point, I see no harm with open discussion on the topic. I am not asking to set up a distribution ring on MacrossWorld.

I want to make it clear, I mean only discussing these products, and providing links to auctions and sites distributing them. I do not believe members themselves should be participating in the production and distribution of these products.

Seeing as Harmony Gold no longer seems to care about copyright law and have made it clear they will steal whatever they want, I am calling on MacrossWorld to lift the ban on discussions involving the bootlegging and pirating on these illegally licensed Macross products by Harmony Gold. I understand that there are certain legal reasons behind the ban as well, but I see no harm in its discussion, as long as no members are actually distributing it or producing it. Discussing the quality of said products, and providing links to sites that distribute them should be allowed.

This is stealing. Its time to start stealing back.

That's not a glitch, its just a bad movie.

I thought they called them "Reflex Weaponry".

I have a fiancee, thanks. I prefer real women.

If it was discovered that Hamrony Gold aquired the rights to DYRL? from whatever backwards company that currently owns them, and Harmony Gold released a Region 1 DVD of the movie, would you buy it?

If it was discovered that Hamrony Gold aquired the rights to DYRL? from whatever backwards company that currently owns them, and Harmony Gold released a R1 DVD of the movie, would you buy it?

Lucas doesn't do anything "bare bones". There will be enough here to satisfy the fans until the big box set comes out in a few years.

Am I the only one who finds it odd that we are the largest english speaking Macross fan community, and our only official contact is with Yamato?

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They can't broadcats Robotech in Japan, we know that for certain. And I have no idea how exactly they would go about getting the footage of Macross Zero. Unless the stole it from official DVD releases.

As noble as that might sound.... it would be hard to take 2 stablished franchises and simply fuse them together. Remember, Abombz, that you're talking about the company that fused Macross, Southern Cross, and Mospeada and got away with it for this long. Considering how little attention Southern Cross gets, and how seperate MOSPEADA and Macross are, I would say you are incorrect. Look at how many continuity questions are constantly brought up by Robotech fans. Harmony Gold did a horrid job.

You don't seem to understand the fact that they don't own the rights to DYRL?. As to your other comments baout Robotech fans, no, they aren't stupid, they are simply ignorant. Most of us who have been in the community for a long time have dealt with plenty of Robotech fans who INSIST that their version of the story is the correct version. God knows how many fights have been fought because of their insistance that the SDF-2 does indeed appear in the animation. So I'd say, no, most Robotech fans are ignorant of the true Macross.

If there was a deal, we would have known about it by now.