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

[Angry_Panda]

Like I said, we fell for the lie / illusion that Mangadex was different.

No, YOU fell for the lie. Some of us are old enough and experienced enough to have been through this before, and knew this was always a possibility. Stop trying to pass the buck.

 

[T-sama]

No, YOU fell for the lie. Some of us are old enough and experienced enough to have been through this before, and knew this was always a possibility. Stop trying to pass the buck.

Well grandpa, it looks like majority of people few for it since basically everyone is surprised, including many groups who use mangadex, so mentioning your experience as if you're so wise is pretty pointless as it won't change the reality of things.

Also doesn't change the fact that mangadex had a reputation and they never said anything against it, it's not without reason that everyone and their mother felt comfortable uploading here.

 

[nymphriel]

people saying it's MDex's fault as if they could do anything about it? lol
what would they have done? said no fk u and went to court?
now, if the collective readerbase stopped buying a single book from these publishers, then that's something, but we all know that aint happening in anyone's lifetime

 

[T-sama]

people saying it's MDex's fault as if they could do anything about it? lol
what would they have done? said no fk u and went to court?
now, if the collective readerbase stopped buying a single book from these publishers, then that's something, but we all know that aint happening in anyone's lifetime

Well for starters they could have been hosted in a place where they can ignore dmca no? Some mamga sites been working for over a decade because of that, at worst they simply change address and name.

So isn't that literally on them?

 

[TGN]

People are all in chaos about how their lists are gone. I'm immune to it though, since I've long stopped bothering to keep lists of what I watch anyways!

 

[SleepyDemon]

people saying it's MDex's fault as if they could do anything about it? lol
what would they have done? said no fk u and went to court?
now, if the collective readerbase stopped buying a single book from these publishers, then that's something, but we all know that aint happening in anyone's lifetime

They make the vast majority of their money in the country of origin.

Overseas readers are treated like second...nay, third class citizens. These publishers don't give af about you or your support with or without an official translation available.

 

[hahanaho]

The most annoying shit is Asura, utoon and the rest of shady manhwa/manhua "scanlators" still have their websites. This whole thing was supposedly started by Kakao, you'd think they would be the main target.

 

[T-sama]

The most annoying shit is Asura, utoon and the rest of shady manhwa/manhua "scanlators" still have their websites. This whole thing was supposedly started by Kakao, you'd think they would be the main target.

Well, Kakao is Korean as far as I know, maybe those groups are not working on Korean series?

 

[redscizor]

Phew, I still remember MCanime and hongfire. Manga has always been complicated to read because of how scattered the groups are and where to find them. A few years ago, I discovered Mangadex, and everything was much more organized. I read hundreds of volumes. Honestly, I would’ve never bought them otherwise, because the series are way too long — who knows where to even find the specific content I want among so many volumes? But with Mangadex, I was able to find organized manga, and by browsing through the volumes, I could filter them out and eventually ended up buying some for my collection — to read when I lose electricity (true story). Without Mangadex, I wouldn't have discovered so many manga, let alone found the specific volumes I wanted for collecting.


Manga has a big problem worldwide: they need exposure to sell, and the world is just too big. Without the visibility that 'community edition' provides, only the same 10 titles would sell, plus maybe 5 good ones from each anime season — the rest would go completely unnoticed.


I use the Neko app, and I’m happy to always have several manga in my library. Now I’ll need to buy a new SD card to store everything — enough for another two years of completed content until 'community edition' gets organized again and a new solution comes out.
Edit: I was checking my notifications and ... the-witch-medea is other fall, but isnt in the list

 

[Robinisback]

This just went up:

Copyright Claims FAQ​

7000 titles

 

[Kuyu]

We Need a Mangadex... that doesn't care about DMCA on manga that doesn't even have an officially translated version.

Or... you know... like an Underground Mangadex that can upload everything. For people who have no lovers, no friends, and/or uncaring family members... these manga are their salvation in life.


Also... I hope markers come soon... I don't even know which series I like got DMCA'd or what chapters I was on... or which translator was working on them... so I can at least read on their sites...

 

[kuronix]

We Need a Mangadex... that doesn't care about DMCA on manga that doesn't even have an officially translated version.

Unironically using aggregators in my tachiyomi fork'd app for this particular reason. No hiccups ever.
Seems like whenever I start getting manga recommendation videos on youtube is when this place gets DMCA.

 

[Totemslap]

Seven. Thousand. Titles.

Mangadex has capitulated to the nuking - the nigh on wholesale destruction - of seven fucking thousand titles.

Would someone like to tell me why I shouldn't think that this site is officially dead in the water?

 

[Tony_Mushah]

Approximately 7000 titles are affected
Ok so let's check the API then 🚡
Calling the api.mangadex.org/manga?availableTranslatedLanguage[]=en endpoint
There is still 52012 titles with English chapter available.
Calling the api.mangadex.org/chapter?translatedLanguage[]=en
There is still 776014 english chapters available.
776014 / 52012

Man...
Should i be worried?
Even if the most popular titles has been nuked, there is still a lot to read.
Gotta find some niches title to read then.

 

[JVick]

It would be cool to have more information about the future of this site, they don't want to host illegal manga, yet they do it and they already had namicomi from the start (they are owned by the same people). We really don't know where they stand. I'm really curious whether or not they will keep the manga page.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

Approximately 7000 titles are affected
Ok so let's check the API then 🚡
Calling the api.mangadex.org/manga?availableTranslatedLanguage[]=en endpoint
There is still 52012 titles with English chapter available.
Calling the api.mangadex.org/chapter?translatedLanguage[]=en
There is still 776014 english chapters available.
776014 / 52012

Man...
Should i be worried?
Even if the most popular titles has been nuked, there is still a lot to read.
Gotta find some niches title to read then.

Site is doomed entirely.
What a shame

 

[BestBoy]

So much doomerism. MD has always operated under the logic that they'd respect DMCA. It's why some titles didn't have chapters. It just unfortunate it got targeted by such a large DMCA takedown request.

They also only ever operated under the impression that they'd respect Scanlation groups, not protect them (protect them from what lol??) This means they would respect the (reasonable) requests from scanlation groups. Like removing their uploads if asked.

 

[Teddy]

Ah how it is to be young to not have witnessed the peaks and troughs of days and the thoughtless outbursts of emotions~

I guess I'll be able to enjoy more of the niche mangas then~

If y'all want more ad riddled aggregators or do torrents again, it will warm my nostalgic hearts that young pirates have sought on the high seas with ancient maps~

Thanks for putting this today though.
@Valle_reading_manga

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

So much doomerism. MD has always operated under the logic that they'd respect DMCA. It's why some titles didn't have chapters. It just unfortunate it got targeted by such a large DMCA takedown request.

They also only ever operated under the impression that they'd respect Scanlation groups, not protect them (protect them from what lol??) This means they would respect the (reasonable) requests from scanlation groups. Like removing their uploads if asked.

The new owner kinda proves the doomerism right tho.
I've seen this pattern happening time and time again before,

 

[JVick]

Ah how it is to be young to not have witnessed the peaks and troughs of days and the thoughtless outbursts of emotions~

I guess I'll be able to enjoy more of the niche mangas then~

If y'all want more ad riddled aggregators or do torrents again, it will warm my nostalgic hearts that young pirates have sought on the high seas with ancient maps~

Thanks for putting this today though.
@Valle_reading_manga

That situation is so stressful some people start to RP like some virtual pirate bard