Via Hashi-hime comes an early report on Haruhi sales in the U.S (interview). The blog takes sides in the fansub debate, but visit the original to draw your own conclusions. I can't read anywhere as well as HH Hashi, but it seems that Chairman Kadokawa continues to toot the old and tired "respect our rights" horn, in the paragraph starting with "しかし、" (see "著作権を尊重"). We respect them already, you dumbface, this is why we bought 60 thousand of your stupid DVDs. Jeez! Although maybe he's just making a perfunctory comment as expected by clueless stakeholders, I cannot be sure.