Topic: New webhosting for TWoUYL in 2009

[Lum-chan]

In the first quarter of 2009 I will move the complete Lum-chan.com domain to a new hosting company. Due to the ending of webhosting provided by my current hosting company I'll move all content to Strato Webhosting. This is good news for the website itself as we get new possibilities for the website.

At this moment there's not much info on when the transfer to the new hosting will start, but I'll try to keep you informed as good as possible in this thread.

During the process you might experience some downtime on the website/domain. This will only be of temporary nature...

[UruseiNeo]

new possibilities? do you think uploading the episodes might be one of them?

[Kroptik]

Uploading the episodes has legal issues before web-based ones, so I seriously doubt we'll ever see that happen in this website.

Still, I'm curious on the new possibilities...

[UruseiNeo]

Hey, if we uploaded them all to youtube and veoh, I don't see how we couldn't try it here :D

So what kind of "new possibilities" could we expect?

[cata]

Our Forum is growing up... :') Please Lum-chan keep us informed! ^^

[Lum-chan]

Episodes and Movies will _not_ be available on this site due to legal reasons. I have asked for permission but the answer is a straight 'NO' from Viz/Manga Entertainment. I took a great risk when making The Complete Musicbox available to anybody

I'm working on several new additions to the site, but hey, I'll say nothing special on this. Is a surprise  :D

If you have suggestions, please note them here and I'll see what I can do to make it happen.

[UruseiNeo]

hmmm what about a section that uses Embed videos? I know that we can post youtube links in a post, but that takes up a lot in a post doesn't it? and then there's the matter of scrolling to search for the right episode. And there's a limit to have many episodes can fit in a post so you have to wait for a reply before posting more embed videos!

It would be easier if a section was created similar to this one: http://www.dbzepisodes.co.cc/dragon_ball_z,4.html so episodes are easily accessed.

[sidzero]

Legally, there is no difference between hosting pirate video on a website, and linking to the same hosted on another site. You're making them available to the public either way, regardless of whether or not it gets noticed.


On another note, I'd like to brag that my webhost for my site gives me 10 gigs of both space and bandwidth, and I pay absolutely nothing for it. The only thing I pay for regarding my website is the domain registration. Aren't you jealous?

It's nice to have connections.

[UruseiNeo]

I wouldn't say jealous... I mean... I don't need 10 gigs of space/bandwidth of a website. What would I use 10 gigs for?

Going back on topic, what about a section for the manga?

[Kroptik]

Same as the episodes, legal issues.

By the way, who has the rights of Urusei Yatsura in Europe? From what I see, Viz/AnimEigo seem to have the rights in the U.S.

[UruseiNeo]

I heard Stan Lee has/had some of the copyrights.

[sidzero]

I've heard something along the lines of Stan Lee having rights to UY somewhere before, though I don't remember where. What I want to know is where the source of that information is, because I can't find anything to confirm it anywhere.


Oh, and regarding the 10 gigs of space, I actually use it more as a place to backup my important files on my computer right now than anything else. The main reason I have the UY manga stored there is because I don't want to have to go searching for them again as I work on UYRemix, and need them for reference. Everything else on there is a placeholder until I properly rebuild my website, or just me using it as an image host (easier to FTP it than it is to use imageshack or any other site like that.

[cata]

I have a suggestion but I think it's not that cool. Anyways, I'm a member of a few Forums and I've noticed that some have an "Avatar Gallery" where users see the avatars and they can pick one of them to use as their avatar. Everyone has their own avatar whether it is Anime/Manga related or not. But I think it would be cool if our Forum had this feature.

I think Dak would apreciate this a lot... Or maybe not. xD

[UruseiNeo]

I kinda like dak's current avatar. Seriously, I think he's made it his own.

[cata]

I know the "no avatar" is his personal avatar. I'm not criticizing him. Maybe the new members have an hard time finding the right avatar for them so an UY avatar section would be a good option.