She could just be testing the waters for it again :) most likely it will be made and put with a TA only thing, like a bonus DVD with the TA version. Doing something for TA to attract new members to TA :P

The XOXO remix issue was more that people didn't know how to rip it. Though we did have someone rip it initially but no one from here downloaded it while it was up on Baidu.

if there's no physical presents ,for me TA Global is meaningless.And now TA just did it.
everthing is low quality there.slow diary update,late new info update,no actually exlusive stuff.
compared with koda kumi's fanclub.U will know what a shit TA team just did.

I don't think avex will allocate more funds to making TA truly good until & unless people stop sharing things early, though.

And honestly, back when the club was Japan-only, I understood sharing stuff like the screensavers and magazine scans and photos and such... but now that it's open globally, I feel like AHS mods really should ban the sharing of TA stuff here at least, and I think those of us who are members should make an effort to discourage sharing elsewhere by stopping following the news feeds on facebook & twitter that show TA stuff, and/or letting them know that we're unfollowing them because of it.

If more of us are forced to join to see what's new and interesting, TA will be able to hire people to help make TA better - a developer to fix the site's bugs and optimization problems, another translator, a few folks to add old TA content back to the site maybe (like English translations of old making-of and video shoot reports) - and maybe TA could manufacture some of the TeamAyu goods that global fans never got a chance to buy, like the gel A-logo keychains or the multicolored shippo straps, that kind of thing.

I'd also like to see the BBS come back so that TeamAyu members on both sides of the world can communicate with one another, because I don't like that ayu fans feel like her attention has to be divided between them, and if one side wins, another side loses... promoting fan unity is a really really good idea, I think.

^I completely agree with you.

Were is the Like-Button^^

And because of the XOXO remix, it wasn´t TA exclusive stuff, it was just a damn stupid way to release it... I have the plug Air, installed the App but it didn´t work ><

^^^THIS. But the problem is, there will always be other members who are upset that they can't/won't join for whatever reason but still want to be able to see the exclusive stuff. And then the joining TA debate starts all over again.

Can I nominate this for comment of the year, please???

I totally agree with you.

Agreed, but its really a double edged sword isn't it? If Avex doesn't put any money or effort into TA no one will care to be a member. Ayu should have some sort of say, after all this FC represents her but it seems to me that it's easier for her to go on a TA tour to make TA members feel special and make money off them at the same time.

I am under the impression that the Koda Kumi fanclub offers much more to global fans than TA, can someone confirm this? Is the membership fee comparable to that of TA? If so then why does her fanclub not have all these issues? Or does it?

Kuu has two japanese FCs - her normal, Koda Gumi, for 4000 Yen for a year ans playroom, the mobile one, for 800 yen per month.
The international Koda Gumi costs 2000 Yen a year. And people joining get everything that's in the japanese Koda Gumi plus the stuff from playroom - minus the physical stuff (though the member magazine is digital for international FC). It's done in English, even the regular videos with messages of Kuu are subbed.
Basically the only big differences are the physical bonuses and that you have Tenso to use the FC shop.
Apart from that japanese fans actually have to pay more to get the same content (and being in both to have all). But it's easier for them to go see her e.g., so in the end it wages, I guess.
And from my experience, there isn't any bad blood to international fans or the FC.
Sharing FC content really isn't a big problem. Her big fan pages just share the most prominent infos, but also previews, songs and so on. Her video messages and the content of the three blogs (hers, her staff and her fashion one) are shared, but not in full content or always. Idk, it never really seemed to be a problem.
Don't know, how big Kuu's international fandom is. It seems more international fans are going to Ayu's tours in Japan. But that doesn't have to say something about how many there are.

TA had a very different system from the start and they do handle the new international FC a bit different than Kuu's.
In the end, I guess, it all goes down to Ayu's reactions amd interactions with international fans (her Twitter, when she was overseas, A World is One and so on). She has a different past regarding those. Also cause she's able to communicate fluently in English.

Thanks for your input Corvina. So there really is no reason why TA shouldn't be well maintained if that's the case (other than Avex wanting a higher return that what they invest, but that's been the case with Ayu promotions and releases in the past few years hasn't it)

In the past when AHS mods have put a ban on things like JP music physically released in the states, members have done a good job of reporting it when it happens, discouraging it socially through their comments, etc. and mods have done a good job removing the offending posts until eventually it was a non-issue and, aside from brand-new members who didn't know the rules yet, the sharing did phase out after awhile.

I'm admittedly asking for a social shift to happen, but that shift CAN happen - and I've seen it happen at various forums, in various networks, and in various fandoms over the last 15 years. I'm optimistic that if everyone actually tries, then it will work and it won't take long.

Hearing about how Koda Gumi works, I'm not especially surprised.... it seems more and more like Kuu's people and Ayu's people just think of their respective fan clubs very differently. Ayu has, quite literally, been insulted by her fan club members in the past. Ayu's fan club members got nasty after CDL 01-02 so she had to close her TeamAyu BBS.

But I think the turning point was when she posted about Aneki's death, and PEOPLE READ EXCERPTS OF THAT POST ON TV NEWS. That was absolutely disastrous for the fan club. She was really upset by that. THAT is the kind of sharing that's sorta poisoned the well for us... if we share cover art or videos now, that counts against us as club members far more than other fan clubs, I think. I think that post getting publicly broadcast was a major blow to Ayu's faith in her fan club members keeping things "in the group." With things like the Summer diary PV, we're being tested (whether it's deliberate on Ayu & avex's part or not) and we fail EVERY SINGLE TIME.

What was the Team Ayu BBS?

Yes we understand your hard work as mods..

No matter what we are all TA. But there is something that everyone should wait before shared something from TA. In this case Summer Diary PV. TA got the PV first, but maybe if you want to share it, you should wait for several days. This PV being uploaded by Ayu on her youtube account after one or two days after they uploaded it for TA.

Is it really difficult to just wait for several days? Or the one who rip the video from TA, want to show off their power? " Hey i'm from TA, see i have this video"

I don't want to judge people. This is what i think.

If you want to shared, just shared a little bit of the screen shot or only audio... I think it will be okay.. But 5 minutes after they uploaded the videos, you shared it every where is a big no no.

I have no desire to feel special because I'm a TA member. I joined to support ayu, for concert tickets, and the TA shop. BUT the content that I receive, whether it is a timed exclusive or something else, is something that is included in the price that I paid for my membership. If someone is asking for a song from iTunes or Spotify or something like that, it's not the same at all. What about a streaming site like KKBOX, where Sayonara came from? I was in the process of trying to rip it to post here at AHS, but found out that it is unavailable in my country. There was nothing else that I could do.

I generally also think that we are ALL TA; however, that DOES EXCLUDE people who are fair-weather fans or want EVERYTHING for free, including CD rips and whatnot. I don't think that's fair. I think a huge percentage of members on this forum are this type. Like, what's the ratio of total members on here to active (or even semi-active) posters? Anyone who joins immediately has access to all content shared here. I've been a member of forums in the past where to access their download section you would need to either have a certain amount of posts or be a member for a certain amount of time. Not a horrible idea.

I'd share TA content with a good friend who isn't able to join TA without a problem! Like, why not? BUT to distribute it publicly? Uploading PVs and other things to sites like youtube where Avex is OBVIOUSLY INEVITABLY going to find it and realize that a TA member shared it, or to put exclusive content up so that ANYONE can download it (as opposed to trusted forum members or whatever), now that's just not cool. It's actually embarrassing for me, as a TA member. Even more so being a global member, because I don't really think these types of things happened like this (correct me if I'm wrong) before TA went global.

I think it just depends on the situation. If Tell All (2015 Mix) had not been uploaded by the time I received my copy of A ONE, I would have uploaded it. That's understandable. But getting a PV early, even if by an hour, a day, a week, whatever, or something to that extent, it should be for the TA members for pay for those privileges. If you want perks like that, you can join also, or just wait until it's on youtube like the rest of the world.

I agree with this... Maybe the moderators can change something on download section. Like 50 posts or more so you can access the download section. And make a rule that all the things that should be in download section can't be put to other place...