Talk:For contact and Discussion/@comment-4829254-20120214020845/@comment-4820033-20120216024015

I have checked carefully. And Daifuku-P does not need to answer. No fan translations of his works exist on YouTube, anyway. There is nothing to remove!

In fact many of his works don't even need translations. They are techno tunes with Vocaloids just providing vocal effects, like this one with Luka: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAwyjRJFbgY. Other works are in English.

I did find two upload of his song not on his account, but no translation (even though one song does have Japanese text).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JCUC7lYz_E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Bbhm8c-oo

Also, his own derivative work from other Japanese Vocaloid stuff. On YouTube, too. The description does not mention any permission by Ryo (but there could be a Piapro license for Love is War, of course).. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPS5UOEf_eg

Excuse me but I don't see his opinion as very relevant. He is (a) not affected by the so-called piracy, and (b) happily does it himself. (A mashup and a translation are both derivative works).

I'd really love to know the view of the producers who have a real mass following in the West and loads of translations up. Akuno-P (Mothy). Ryo. Putin-P. Wowaka - his works were atacked extensively. My personal favourite, Owata-P.

BTW I just published the text for a Russian verse translation of "Owata", based on the English subs. Hope some Russian "utaite" will use it; for off vocals I recommended just getting the Mozart.

Of course "Owata" is itself based on Mozart music. That's just how things work.

(Going off topic now) That's how Tezuka worked, too - he has ALL sorts of crazy borrowing in his manga, and then the rest of them borrowed from him.

BTW for anyone interested. Tezuka started EVERYTHING and this includes the "series of pictures" style, common for Vocaloid. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugP18lmqdmc. Highly recommended. (Wonder if Rika Fujita, mentioned in the credits, is a relation of Saki Fujita).