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I wish I could do this with subtitles! I hate waiting years for subtitles to TV series and obscure movies to become available. Ones in European languages mostly

I wish I could do this with subtitles! I hate waiting years for subtitles to TV series and obscure movies to become available. Ones in European languages mostly e.g. Cordon season 2 has been out for years, no English subs available. Latest season of Rita, out for a year, no English subs. The Colombian Ugly Betty, impossible to find many years later. I waited a couple of years for the latest season of Engrenages etc. Maybe there could be a fixed priced online, which you could contribute towards. I won't pay for movies/tv now, but I'd sure pay for subtitles! Divided between many people, it wouldn't cost much. Not sure how to ensure high quality subs. (I contributed to doing subs on viki years ago, which seemed like a good thing, but it disappeared, taking all the subtitles with it.)

dewey 8y ago
That already exists in a more private form, on sites specialized in smaller movies there’s usually a “subtitle pot” where people can donate their points / upload credit and the person who does the subtitles then receives that bounty once work is done. Usually they leak out to the rest of the internet pretty quickly after that.
- yesenadam 8y ago
  Oh, I had't heard of that. I haven't consulted my friend Google yet, but could you name some of those sites? Thanks.
  - dewey 8y ago
    That's one of them: https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/weekend-post/karagarga-and-the-vulnerability-of-obscure-films https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/weekend-post/karagarg...
    - yesenadam 8y ago
      Thanks! Hmm does sound a bit inaccessible though, and for obscure classics, not really what I had in mind: "Karagarga is a members-only torrent tracker. That is to say it is a file-sharing archive closed to the public and accessible by exclusive invitation alone. These coveted invitations are given out to only the highest ranked users(VIP and Uploaders)."
icebraining 8y ago
Subtitles are derivatives of copyrighted content, so publishing them without a license might get you sued, especially if you're charging for it.

dewey 8y ago

That already exists in a more private form, on sites specialized in smaller movies there’s usually a “subtitle pot” where people can donate their points / upload credit and the person who does the subtitles then receives that bounty once work is done. Usually they leak out to the rest of the internet pretty quickly after that.

yesenadam 8y ago
Oh, I had't heard of that. I haven't consulted my friend Google yet, but could you name some of those sites? Thanks.
- dewey 8y ago
  That's one of them: https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/weekend-post/karagarga-and-the-vulnerability-of-obscure-films https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/weekend-post/karagarg...
  - yesenadam 8y ago
    Thanks! Hmm does sound a bit inaccessible though, and for obscure classics, not really what I had in mind: "Karagarga is a members-only torrent tracker. That is to say it is a file-sharing archive closed to the public and accessible by exclusive invitation alone. These coveted invitations are given out to only the highest ranked users(VIP and Uploaders)."

icebraining 8y ago

Subtitles are derivatives of copyrighted content, so publishing them without a license might get you sued, especially if you're charging for it.