Question (5)

1 –Ό‘OF 名無しさん@日本語勉強中 05/02/16(Wed)17:07 ID:jn5fV15H [Del]

Why is it on for example this page
http://www111.sakura.ne.jp/~arigase/doujin.htm (NOT WORK SAFE!)
written •‘Hi-›E instead of •‘Hi-ME or VA›KYRIE PROFILE instead of VALKYRIE PROFILE?? Is it to avoid problems with copyrights on the characters in those series or is it something else?

2 –Ό‘OF Sling!myL1/SLing 05/02/16(Wed)18:22 ID:Heaven [Del]

Another possibility is to avoid showing up on search engines.

3 –Ό‘OF Sling!myL1/SLing 05/02/16(Wed)18:26 ID:Heaven [Del]

Tho, I notice the ›s are printed on the mangas too.
Maybe for style, in addition to the copyright thing.

4 –Ό‘OF 名無しさん@日本語勉強中 05/02/16(Wed)20:30 ID:Heaven [Del]

> Is it to avoid problems with copyrights
Trademarks, probably.

5 –Ό‘OF 名無しさん@日本語勉強中 2005-03-23 23:11 ID:Heaven

Same reason that people used to write UN*X for "Unix", to avoid (or to make fun of) trademarks.

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