Mangadex gets hit by DMCA - more than 25% of chapters gone | staff FAQ update

[T-sama]

I don’t really think it matters what you’d done when you have the whole attention of the industry on you. Like I recently wrote, if it was hosted in a country where they don’t care about dmcas and cease and resists, the only thing the industry needs to do to get what they want is putting money in the right pocket. Corruption goes a long way in the countries you’re suggesting.

The problem is hosting copyright material, as a community hub it would avoid that issue, they can't claim DMCA when there's nothing there to begin with :v

 

[Tony_Mushah]

On the Copyright Claims FAQ, No. 15; who are the content creators? The mangakas?

Just imagine we have been chatting with the mangakas themselves on the chapter comments without even noticing.

 

[Doedoel]

Just imagine we have been chatting with the mangakas themselves on the chapter comments without even noticing.

lmao, imagine...

nikumaru if you're here lemme say that your manga is shit, DOGSHIT YOU'RE SCARING ALL THE HOES AWAY ‼️ NEVER COOK AGAIN RAAAAAAAHHHHHH ‼️ 🔥

 

[redscizor]

In my opinion, the best coexistence with DMCA is with Shonen Jump. They publish, it's publicly reflected here, I come across the material, I go to the Shonen site... in the worst-case scenario, Mangadex will end up as a proxy for Shonen and Pixiv XD.

 

[Outflanks10]

I would love to jump ship but this ship holds all my luggage, the ocean is full of sharks, the only land near by is inhabited with cannibals and… fuck the ship just caught fire.

 

[NaveronTheManslayer]

LOL I've been reading MD longer than most of you. Don't blame me for telling it how it is, and don't get salty when you see info you don't like. It's a bad look. Enjoy the skeleton of a once-great site. Until the rest goes down in a month or two, that is

Before you go, can you tell me what your pfp is from?

 

[T-sama]

Before you go, can you tell me what your pfp is from?

I ask you the same lol

 

[Outflanks10]

Before you go, can you tell me what your pfp is from?

I ask you the same lol

I've never watched it, but I know where its from.
Its young Zero Two from, darling in the franxx
From what I have been told your better off watch gurren lagann and the only appeal is Zero Two herself.

 

[bondejeger]

I've never watched it, but I know where its from.
Its young Zero Two from, darling in the franxx
From what I have been told your better off watch gurren lagann and the only appeal is Zero Two herself.

Darling in the Franxx is a great show, don’t listen to the haters.

 

[Outflanks10]

Darling in the Franxx is a great show, don’t listen to the haters.

Na I know where it ends up and I'm not interested in putting in the effort for an unsatisfying ending.

 

[bondejeger]

Na I know where it ends up and I'm not interested in putting in the effort for an unsatisfying ending.

It’s not really an unsatisfying ending, just bittersweet.

 

[pip25]

List of countries that are not signatories to some form of international IP rights agreements:

Eritrea
Ethiopia
Iran
Iraq
Marshall Islands
Palau
Somalia
South Sudan

Have fun with that list.

The simplest Google search reveals at least 6 ethiopean hosting providers right off the bat. And I'm pretty sure there are hosts that are not as easy to find but specialize in the unique geopolitical qualities of their location.

 

[Robinisback]

lmao, imagine...

nikumaru if you're here lemme say that your manga is shit, DOGSHIT YOU'RE SCARING ALL THE HOES AWAY ‼️ NEVER COOK AGAIN RAAAAAAAHHHHHH ‼️ 🔥

Nikumaru If you are reading this, I'd like to say that if you don't give the readers a satisfying ending, I'll draw your MC pregnant with Takt's child. this is a threat, But guessing it's you...... you'll probably make it happen before I do.

 

[T-sama]

I've never watched it, but I know where its from.
Its young Zero Two from, darling in the franxx
From what I have been told your better off watch gurren lagann and the only appeal is Zero Two herself.

I guess I was vague, but I meant I was asking @NaveronTheManslayer about their avatar lol

As for your reply, no wonder I felt she looked familiar

 

[BestBoy]

The new owner kinda proves the doomerism right tho.

I think the new owner is just a former MD staff member's brain child. NC and MD have had some kind of relationship for years.

On the Copyright Claims FAQ, No. 15; who are the content creators? The mangakas?

Likely referring to Scanlation groups since the next numbered point calls out the paywalled scanlation groups.

the dmca pretty much hit half or more of the active stuff + completed old series.

You know this how, exactly? Vibes? No one yet knows definitively which 7000+ series were removed.

You really think they'll work with stolen material?

🤷‍♂️ It'll be one of two things. No visible change or MD is shut down. NamiComi has no reason to turn MD into a copy of its own site. Seeing that NC and MD have been involved with each other in some form for years, I'm leaning more towards the former.

upload policy change

I don't think there's been any upload policy change.

I get why people are upset though since it's such a shock. If the worst happens and MD does close we'll get over it. This has all happened before and it'll all happen again eventually. Grumpy closed batoto because he was tired and MD was created. The gooners closed yiff because they lost interest and kemono was created.

 

[T-sama]

You know this how, exactly? Vibes? No one yet knows definitively which 7000+ series were removed.

Search your feelings, you know it to be true

🤷‍♂️ It'll be one of two things. No visible change or MD is shut down. NamiComi has no reason to turn MD into a copy of its own site. Seeing that NC and MD have been involved with each other in some form for years, I'm leaning more towards the former.

From the language used in the faq it gives me vibes the site will simply die

I don't think there's been any upload policy change.

Now when uploading you have to mark a checkbox that you have permission of the publisher to upload the manga and if anything happens the responsability is all on you, it's one of the reasons many groups are jumping ship lol

I get why people are upset though since it's such a shock. If the worst happens and MD does close we'll get over it. This has all happened before and it'll all happen again eventually. Grumpy closed batoto because he was tired and MD was created. The gooners closed yiff because they lost interest and kemono was created.

I think one reason people are upset is due to the utter lack of communication, first comes the upload page change and then the faq, it's giving a lot of signals people are not liking and mods staying quiet just makes it worse

It's not without reason most people already consider the site effectivelly dead

 

[bondejeger]

I think the new owner is just a former MD staff member's brain child. NC and MD have had some kind of relationship for years.

Likely referring to Scanlation groups since the next numbered point calls out the paywalled scanlation groups.


You know this how, exactly? Vibes? No one yet knows definitively which 7000+ series were removed.


🤷‍♂️ It'll be one of two things. No visible change or MD is shut down. NamiComi has no reason to turn MD into a copy of its own site. Seeing that NC and MD have been involved with each other in some form for years, I'm leaning more towards the former.


I don't think there's been any upload policy change.

I get why people are upset though since it's such a shock. If the worst happens and MD does close we'll get over it. This has all happened before and it'll all happen again eventually. Grumpy closed batoto because he was tired and MD was created. The gooners closed yiff because they lost interest and kemono was created.

They added a content policy a couple of days ago, at the same time they added that you had to confirm you were the copyright holder.
https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://mangadex.org/compliance/content

 

[T-sama]

Likely referring to Scanlation groups since the next numbered point calls out the paywalled scanlation groups.

I accidentally skipped this part and no idea how to add in a edit

I honestly doubt that "content creators" = scanlators, because legally speaking they're not creating content, they're modifying someone else content

 

[bambou1991]

Gentlemen, it's been a pleasure

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

🤷‍♂️ It'll be one of two things. No visible change or MD is shut down. NamiComi has no reason to turn MD into a copy of its own site. Seeing that NC and MD have been involved with each other in some form for years, I'm leaning more towards the former.

I mean, you have a point with the fact that Mangadex becoming NamiComi 2 would be rather redundant, as NamiComi already hosts all that content of self-published comics. However, the lack of an official plan on how to proceed paired with basic pattern recognition doesn't bode well at all for this anyway.



Imo, the site team should properly communicate what the plan from now is, as most of the debates and doomsaying comes from the fact that they have not given any official statement on this, but made changes without communicating them properly.