Recent content by BlackAeronaut

Sighs Getting tired of all the toxic fuckwads in here screeching about MC being an idiot. Hey. Ass holes. Have you EVER had anyone completely and utterly at your mercy? Have you ever had their lives in your hands? Have you ever been in a position to determine whether your enemy is gonna...

Guys. I couldn't help myself... And for your pleasure, a clean version so you can make your own.

That could be a thing, though. A retailer that buys up the older and less popular stock of other retailers at a wholesale price, and then selling it at a discount. If anyone reading this knows of a retailer that does this, please do say something.

A megusaki in need of correction... as a goddamned TANK. Now THAT is fucking peak, right there. :meguupog:

Well, I did call it a "treatise" for a reason. Did you think I was just messing around by dropping that particular word in the title? :meguusmug:

This would be an interesting topic, but it's probably better left for another article. That said, I'll look a bit more into it. Knowing more about how things work on the Japanese side will probably be helpful in understanding what gets published, what doesn't, and (most importantly to us)...

Well, this is a bit different. I don't have any primary source for this, but reading between the lines, the contract is between the licensor, and the licensee. The retailers are not the licensees, the publisher is. So Sell-Off only really applies to the publisher. This means once they've...

Most of my information came from these articles on ANN: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-06-11 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=115 I'll go ahead and append these articles as primary sources in the conclusion section. But if there's anything more...

Part of the problem with citing an article like this is that it requires a lot of sifting through various sources. ANN did do a detailed breakdown, but that was years ago, so the information there is likely outdated. For example, I'm pretty sure that no one does HD cassette tape master-copies...

5.) Conclusion I know this whole thing is gonna fall on some deaf ears. Others are gonna get up in arms about their ideals about having the freedom to do whatever they want in order to make money. Others are gonna say that this is the only way they can make money. But facts are facts...

4.) And this is where my opinions all come together... 1) Do not panhandle or attempt to profit off of scanslation. - It paints a target on your back for the publishers. - It ruins things for everyone when the publishers throw out copyright strikes against Mangadex. 2) Don't bother with...

3.4.) Furthermore, and to be quite frank, the entire business model is trash. On both ends. Everyone loves to talk a big game about supporting the mangaka, right? And quite a few people out there seem to be under the impression that buying the licensed version somehow benefits the mangaka...

Now, here's where my opinion does a 180. 3.3.) I strongly believe that scanslation should continue, no matter if a title has been licensed or not. Reason being? Well, I mentioned before that thing with licensees region locking, and then not translating for all the languages in that region...

3.2.) Furthermore, I will also state my opinion on the idea of running a website outside of Mangadex. It is idiotic and foolhardy. And I will state why. 1.) You need to pay money for the domain. 2.) You need to pay money for the webserver on which your site is hosted. 3.) You need to pay...

3.) Ethics - Your Mileage WILL Vary So, here we begin to get into what is certainly my opinion on the matter. And where I remind you folks that, once again, all violations of Rule 4 will be reported. I know some folks feel very strongly about this stuff, but that's no excuse to be rude or ugly...