[akamepeace]

Originally Posted by silverfire15

yeah~
I agree with you xD
it would be a waste of their time cause they can't really track all of the people who scanlate this manga~

I mean, come on, they can't possible roam the earth just to put us in prison?

the prison wont fit us all anyway...i think...

Originally Posted by silverfire15

ehehehe, you're right~
but I really think that scanlations help advertise the manga anyway~
so in a sense, we are doing them a favor since a lot of manga addicts would really want to have their own copy even though they already read the scans

yup...thats because their release is the best...

[silverfire15]

Originally Posted by akamepeace

the prison wont fit us all anyway...i think...

ehehehe, you're right~
but I really think that scanlations help advertise the manga anyway~
so in a sense, we are doing them a favor since a lot of manga addicts would really want to have their own copy even though they already read the scans

[yami_no_tenshi1563]

Haha as if they can track us down here XD

[Pezz Talent]

Originally Posted by seeliespright

Technically, the entire process is illegal, as the original Japanese magazines and tankoubon scanned are copyright in Japan. But Japanese publishers are not particularly concerned about such theft because they feel that in the end, it brings more readers to their series, and results in more purchases of their magazines and tankoubon.

Publishers in America are much more sensitive about copyright material (as are all mass-media producers: music, film, etc.) because of the thrust of capitalism and their fear of losing money. So, most scanlation studios drop projects after they have been licensed in America because 1. an official publisher has started translating the series into English, so they don't need to 2. American publishers could come after them and shut down their work.

For manga on the Internet being scanlated, the fans who scan, translate, and edit chapters want to be credited for their work, so it is considered theft when someone takes their work without crediting or without their permission. Technically, however, they do not hold copyright, save the translators who (I'm almost certain) have copyright over their translation.

The only thing I want to add to this is that sometimes American publishers don't really care about the scanlation of series. In fact they actually use the popularity of the scanlations, to decide on whether or not they license the manga in English. So for example if Double Arts gets really popular online, then companies will be more likely to license it in English.

[seeliespright]

You're certainly correct Pezz. When they're wise enough they'll let things go on the Internet and just license the popular titles.

To the others: All they can do is ask us to remove the now-licensed scanlations from our sites. As you say, there's no way they could track us all. WE WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD! *ahem*

[Mimuey]

Originally Posted by yami_no_tenshi1563

It gets illegal when the raw (the japanese scans) are not theirs and not allowed for other people's use except for the group and they still use it without credit so in short they stole it. For translations for example I translaetd something you get it then say it was you or someone else that did it then you'll call the real translator a faker. Third there are even some poeple who steal the scans themselves and just change the credits.

In short it's stealing when you take something that's not yours or use something you're not allowed to use then credit yourself is this clear enough?

Wow... sorry, but for me that really sounds as if I could be a possible culprit... it was just a question because I was confused about some of these things... and like someone else already said: In general, scanlating is stealing..

And to calm you down: I can not read a single word in Japanese, Chinese or Korean.
And I am not going to steal any scanlations, translations or raw scans!
I hope this is clear enough, too.

Maybe a less angry answer would have made me understand, too?!

[TheRandomChocolate]

No worries Mimuey XD Oh and welcome to Manga Fox if I already haven't said that.

[seeliespright]

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