Ultramarinus wrote...
1- Pirated works are the main content and traffic generator, tell me if it isn't and what is.
And do explain how he is making a profit off that? Off people visiting a site?
Ultramarinus wrote...
2- Jacob contacted tenboro to remove the content affiliated with Fakku Books. However Fakku still pirates non-Wani stuff and moreover, the doujins of mangakas represented by Wani. That means those artists get JACK SHIT for all their convention work.
But it doesn't pirate anything wani related now. Nobody does. They've all been removed it from what I've seen.
Convention work? You mean the work where they sit at conventions and sell shit there, making a profit for themselves? Or something else?
Also, jacob didn't contact them to remove anything affiliated with fakku books, wani already did that to everyone. Jacob asked them to not host anything from the fakku books.
Ultramarinus wrote...
3- I am. Hence I can realize that Fakku is trying to cover all bases while feigning innocence, talking about supporting mangakas while pirating works non-covered by the deal.
It has never claimed innocence. It is well aware of what it is for. It has a store to get profit, for which is used to pay for majority of things, including server hire.
Ultramarinus wrote...
4- It was created to pirate hentai, kept doing that and is still doing it. It's not even secretive about it, go check the main page of the site.
And this means it's legit sales side is not legit? I'm well aware of what the site does. Tell me, how does this make it not a legit business. As I said, it sells legit manga and shirts, to make a profit. That, is a business.
Ultramarinus wrote...
5- Because that's how it works. Wani will profit and so will Jacob, with all those mangakas not getting a dime for their works if it wasn't published by Wani. Rivals of Wani will have to make others deals with Jacob eventually so that they won't be the only ones left getting nothing.
Satisfied?
So, you're telling me, a publishing company ISN'T paying it's staff? I think you're wrong.
I assume the reason wani asked for things to be pulled was a lack of business, etc. And with this, jacob is giving them money for their work, which an amount will go to their artists/ mangaka. They are probably also looking to widen their range of buyers to interstate/ overseas to the western market for more profit again, and to have more funds to pay their artists more, to release more, etc etc. as was said earlier.
Many already have deals with other places. J-list sells a whole bunch of hentai. If they were to make a deal with a rather large hentai website, they would probably grow as well. It's not at all throwing a brick through their window with a note saying 'Make a deal with us, or we'll keep stealing your shit' It's a company saying 'No, we want you to remove all of our illegally uploaded products from your site, or we'll take action' followed by some talking it out, for them to release it in english (and uncensored) to the western market, so the wani based stuff is still available, and hasn't been kept to strictly japanese people in jap mags or whatever.
It was in no way jacob making the initaition for them to ask everyone to remove shit, so he could make a profit.