Talk:For contact and Discussion/@comment-4820033-20120213222239

My draft of a letter to NicoNico.com. If they let Western fans use Japanese videos in an easier way, would that perhaps be the ideal solution? But I am not at all sure I wrote it right. Opinions wanted!

No need to translate. NicoNico.com is the NND site *in English*, and the letter would be read by English speaking staff. =

Hello,

I am the administrator of a small Wiki at http://savemiku.wikia.com, which attempts to investigate the recent wave of false copyright claims on Vocaloid work translations on YouTube and to seek resolution to this entire problem.

We were informed that YouTube reposts of NND videos are not seen as welcome by many of the authors. Also, as we understand, YouTube has been of little help in the false attacks.

In my personal view, ideally, Western Vocaloid fans could just stop using YouTube altogether and rely on NicoNico. Thankfully, an English-language user interface is now available.

But, again in my own view, there seem to be several issues:

- It is impossible to embed a Nico video in a forum or blog post if the forum/blog does not allow scripts. But in Western fandom, such embedding is an important form of sharing. Moreover, on NicoNico.com I simply could not find any way to get an embedding code at all. An "embed" button similar to YouTube would resolve the issue.

- Translations, usually fan-made, are essential for the Western Vocaloid fandom. But it is apparently impossible to add translation subtitles to a Nico video without re-uploading it with hardcoded subtitles. An option to upload separate timed subtitles, which only interested users would enable, would resolve the issue. (Of course I understand that the poster would need to have the option of removing such translations).

- Finally, if a link to a Japanese Nico video is shared with someone without an account, the person gets a page in Japanese. If that page simply contained ONE English button that would bring up the English UI and offer the user a way to create an account, the issue would be gone.

Could we hope that NicoNico.com would make changes resolving such issues in a reasonable timeframe? It would potentially redirect significant traffic to NicoNico.com, and also resolve an issue that fractures the Vocaloid fandom along language lines.

Yours, Mikhail Ramendik ("Saruta")