Anyone have any opinions on OneManga closing and all the recent scanlation news? I've tried to flesh out some of the scanlation articles, but I've never been a big online reader.
There's a variety of opinions represented at fandom_lounge (it's already a reference in the OneManga article at Fanlore, although there's certainly room to expand). inkstone has some discussion in her comments.
There's a discussion at Mobileread, which is a non-fannish site devoted to ebooks; they've got a number of different perspectives from what I commonly see in fandom. (Starting with a number of people who predictably say "oh, that's all copyright violation.")
The MR discussion has more speculation than fact, and a tiny bit of history of scanlation; it might be mostly useful as a minor reference link. Anyone who wants to join in the discussion would be welcome, but should be aware that the whole "X is/is not copyright violation" is a hotbutton endless debate/wankfest at MR; joining one side or the other will inspire a dozen responses from avid supporters of the other side.
Interesting discussion. I'm surprised at how many people seem to think this is all Viz or all one publisher; that coalition thing doesn't seem to be well known despite the earlier press abut it.
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The MR discussion has more speculation than fact, and a tiny bit of history of scanlation; it might be mostly useful as a minor reference link. Anyone who wants to join in the discussion would be welcome, but should be aware that the whole "X is/is not copyright violation" is a hotbutton endless debate/wankfest at MR; joining one side or the other will inspire a dozen responses from avid supporters of the other side.
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