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https://www.cbr.com/crunchyroll-illegal-mail-theft-voice-actor-complaint/ Context for anyone confused like I was.
Man, that's pretty fucked up. I doubt anything will come if it from the legal side, but hopefully my cynicism is for naught. Voice actors already get shafted by the industry as it is, so taking away their fan mail without their knowledge is just another punch to the gut.
Sadly, in the anime industry in general, both in Japan and in the United States, anyone who is not on the money/management side of things basically gets shafted.
Wow this seems really bad. I do suspect based on the way the VA describes it as being "care of…Crunchy roll", it may not be the serious federal crime some are assuming. Idk what US law says about cases where it's addressed to "[a person] c/o [an org]", but if it's actually addressed to the org with instructions inside indicating it's intended for the person I highly doubt that's such a serious crime.
Doesn't change the morals of it one bit. But unfortunately just increases the chance they may get out of it unscathed.
It is really hard to make sense of this. Someone takes on free labor, and by simply couriering the output to your employee, your business benefits from the brightened mood of the worker—far outweighing any cost of having an intern distribute the day's fan mail.