Re: Zone
Geugeug, learn the words you want to use before actually using them
Based on the context, you have no idea what the term "hypocrite" means. A hypocrite is someone who imposes rules and such on others that they have no intent on upholding themselves, for example a thief that gets angry at others for stealing.
The comment that was made before was regarding hentaikey shutting down the download section of hongfire (it was theft, and in that, fair.) however, the issue here is that hentaikey themselves "steal" the creations of others for personal gain (hell, personal gain isn't even part of the deal with hongfire so go figure, they'd actually be worse than the entity they shut down)
Regardless of what hentaikey is doing being considered "parody" or not, the facts remain the same, they steal the creations of others for their own profit without any kind of consent from the creator, there is no moral difference between stealing, and stealing and getting away with it.
That, is the basis for the argument as to why the people behind hentaikey are hypocrites (but lets be honest, there isn't a single being out there that isn't, to some extent) and why some people chose to dislike them, and it does feel rather strange to be stealing the creations of others (for personal gain) but then complaining about it when others steal from you (no personal gain)
Lastly, I'm not sure about U.S. laws but I'm fairly sure that the act that allows you to freely copy the creations of others for the sake of parody bars direct sales (i.e. you can make a comic of a character or mention something in a skit but you cannot then sell that comic for profit, though you can profit indirectly through traffic/advertisement etc) and that would make what hentaikey is doing just as illegal as what hongfire did.
Hope to have enlightened you a bit.