Talk:Discussion in basic English/@comment-4820033-20120218171905

Now I try to describe Western reuploading in simple English.

Western fans. Many young. Many girls, including school girls. Many artists. Some singers. A few musicians. No lawyers.

Video is on Nico. "It is already here, for free! Not stealing if we see it!"

Fan likes video. "I want to share with friends!". Can not put Nico video in blog/forum - does not work! Can not give link to Nico too. Friends do not have accounts. They see only a lot of Japanese text.

So fan reuploads to YouTube. "It's already out for free! Not stealing!" Now the fan can share it with friends.

Then, more fans like the song. They want to know the words. They find a translator. Sometimes it is a good translator. Sometimes it is a person only learning Japanese. They get a translated text, good or bad. They want to share with more fans. They make subtitles, reupload to YT. "It was already out for free! Not stealing!"

Then, fans with other languages come. Sometimes they translate from Japanese, sometimes from English. They reupload with their own subtitles.

A song is very good or popular? Fandubbers (utaite) are next. Some sing in Japanese. (Sometimes they do not know any Japanese, sing romaji). Some make verse translations and sing them. They put the sound on the same PV and reupload.

This is how a good song can have many different reuploads. And no one thinks they steal anything.