| r505Matt said: Well, I have a feeling that this time around, the sites that try to ignore it will get hit hard. Heck, even a couple of scanlators have given up over this already, and it's only been a week. This isn't the usual "some random publisher requesting their manga be taken down". They don't care that you're in the Netherlands, they only care about their paycheck. |
I have a hard time believing that even the scanlators are getting scared off. They're likely impossible to trace, and their work can easily be hidden in IRC's. The main sites, sure, because they're businesses and they're sedentary, but the scanlators can just hide out and keep working. I mean, it's not especially hard work, between a fluency in Japanese and English and some proficient photo-editing. More will rise to fill the gap.
It's a struggle the publishers can't win. And when they get hit with the same kind of lawyer fees that the RIAA is trying to sustain, they'll back off.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
