The Official Manga Discussion Thread

[r505Matt]

Mr Khan said:

r505Matt said:

I'm sad about MangaToshokan =( it's only a matter of time before OneManga and Mangafox and the rest all also follow suit as well.

Did they get slapped around for copyright infringement or something? If so i wouldn't worry. These things tend to go in cycles. One specific site gets hammered pretty hard and loses a lot of their uploads and links and such, but they'll eventually come back. Maybe.

You haven't heard? About a week ago, all the big publishers banded together to fight online mangaviewers. MangaToshokan, OneManga, and Mangafox specifically are all targetted, and MangaToshokan just responded first. They just removed about 80-85% of their library with a clear message that they won't be trying to get it back.

Here's a quote:

A spokesperson said that “we are left with no other alternative but to take aggressive action. It is our sincere hope that offending sites will take it upon themselves to immediately cease their activities. Where this is not the case, however, we will seek injunctive relief and statutory damages.” The group is also aggressively reporting violations to the “federal authorities, including the anti-piracy units of the Justice Department, local law enforcement agencies and FBI.”

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/copyright/article/43437-japanese-u-s-manga-publishers-unite-to-fight-scanlations.html