Greg Ayres Anti-Piracy Panel?

[ReiSnatcher Profile Website]

I was wondering if Greg Ayres would be doing his customary anti-piracy panel this year?

It's one of the panels I look forward to most at any convention he attends as a guest. It's one of the most informative panels about the problems of bootlegging and piracy within the anime industry.

[KSeishou Profile YIM]

I'm so glad that Greg did give the panel about Anti-bootlegging/piracy and all that. It's very important that the anime community to realize that piracy of any anime Material and bootlegged items are whats detrimental to the anime industry.

[Laili Profile]

I went to this panel last year and learned so much that I screamed in the middle of Montreal Comic-Con when a vendor selling bootleg was trying to get me to buy a Star Trek tricorder that he sold bootleg and I would not buy from him. I then pointed out "Plushies - Bootleg! Those toys - Bootleg!)"

He lost 20 customers on the spot. My sister looked at me in shock. And I smiled and said "Nice try. And I'm not buying that even if it is legit."

Word got around to other vendors with bootleg to watch out for a girl in a blue Star Trek uniform.

And no one bought bootleg that day either. I even had people stop me and ask what was safe to buy. And I stopped two teenage girls while looking over/buying a shirt from buying lamented bootleg posters from the next door vendor.

The more we point this out, then the bootleg will go away!

[Kirin Folken]

Any convention Greg goes to, if he can he will run his Anti-bootleg panel. its a fantastic Panel, and so many people have learned what to look for. The more educated everyone becomes about Bootlegs, the better the entire industry will be.