WSJ's Publisher putting their foot down on illegal scans
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Kiss-Shot
Soba-Scans Staff
Looks like Loli material isn't the only thing going.
This is quite surprising, but I suppose it was bound to happen eventually. I personally doubt they'll ever be able to stop scans, just like everyone else that is pirated. The best thing to do would be to co-operate with these people.
Perhaps do something along the lines that Crunchyroll does. Make it available legally and somewhat quickly. Although I personally never use crunchyroll (I hate streaming.) The method would obviously work well with manga. Suppose we'll have to wait and see what 'severe' steps they intend to take.
In this year's 20th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday, the editors are publishing an open letter about unauthorized online copies of manga. The editors say that unauthorized copying and uploading are against the wishes of the manga creators. They also emphasize that "the unauthorized online copies do harm to the manga culture, the manga creators' rights, and above all, the manga creators' spirits." They acknowledge that the amount of unauthorized copying has become so overwhelming that they are unable to deal with all of it.
The editors ask their readers to realize that all unauthorized copying and uploading is illegal. They add that manga creators and Shueisha will be dealing severely with unauthorized copies on the Internet, and the editors ask for the readers' support.
In another development, the raw-paradise.com website, which hosted scanned copies of manga magazines without permission, currently redirects to Shueisha's website.
The editors ask their readers to realize that all unauthorized copying and uploading is illegal. They add that manga creators and Shueisha will be dealing severely with unauthorized copies on the Internet, and the editors ask for the readers' support.
In another development, the raw-paradise.com website, which hosted scanned copies of manga magazines without permission, currently redirects to Shueisha's website.
This is quite surprising, but I suppose it was bound to happen eventually. I personally doubt they'll ever be able to stop scans, just like everyone else that is pirated. The best thing to do would be to co-operate with these people.
Perhaps do something along the lines that Crunchyroll does. Make it available legally and somewhat quickly. Although I personally never use crunchyroll (I hate streaming.) The method would obviously work well with manga. Suppose we'll have to wait and see what 'severe' steps they intend to take.
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Hentanize
rebaS
Isn't crunchyroll making you pay for its streaming? I used to go there often when it was free and all ...
Anyways i don't worry about that news, it's not like piracy is new to begin with.
Anyways i don't worry about that news, it's not like piracy is new to begin with.
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Kiss-Shot
Soba-Scans Staff
Hentanize wrote...
Isn't crunchyroll making you pay for its streaming? I used to go there often when it was free and all ... Anyways i don't worry about that news, it's not like piracy is new to begin with.
I think you can pay for a membership that means you get higher quality streaming and you get episode's a week early. (non-members are always one episode behind basically.)
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I've got no real issues with this, apart from the fact that the English manga publishing groups don't have enough translators to get all the stuff I want to read available to me.
Plus there's all the weekly stuff that I'd be missing because of it.
Plus there's all the weekly stuff that I'd be missing because of it.
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Klorofolun wrote...
Plus there's all the weekly stuff that I'd be missing because of it.Well, there's always the tankobons, though that would put most every Cleaner out of a "job".
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Doesn't really make sense to me. It's not like scanlators will just stop just cause they published a letter asking nicely.
Plus, I don't really see the harm in it. Online scans of mangas has been going on for a long ass time. These online scans helps people from outside of Japan read it. Not everyone can read japanese, and I don't see how this will directly influence WSJ sales in Japan.
Plus, I don't really see the harm in it. Online scans of mangas has been going on for a long ass time. These online scans helps people from outside of Japan read it. Not everyone can read japanese, and I don't see how this will directly influence WSJ sales in Japan.
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The Japanese magazine said this, right? Doesn't that imply that they want the Japanese raws to stop being distributed? I'm sure they don't give a rat's ass about the English scanlations (or whatever other language they're in).
An American reading a scanlation online is no big deal; he's got no other way to read it, after all. But when a Japanese person reads an online version, then that person isn't buying the magazines, costing the company money. It's obvious the company would want to stop this.
Of course, this probably won't mean shit to scanlators who translate the manga into different languages. If a group is dedicated enough, they'll buy the book and scan it themselves.
An American reading a scanlation online is no big deal; he's got no other way to read it, after all. But when a Japanese person reads an online version, then that person isn't buying the magazines, costing the company money. It's obvious the company would want to stop this.
Of course, this probably won't mean shit to scanlators who translate the manga into different languages. If a group is dedicated enough, they'll buy the book and scan it themselves.