@ID54 It is about respect. A lot of time is being put in to clean/redraw, translate, typeset, proofread etc. When this is a project that The Empire Scans has had for almost a year, it really is rude to just waltz in and publish some yourself. Of course, nobody holds the official rights. It is more of an unwritten rule.
Don't snipe stories that another scan group is already working on. If you want to take over, you ask. If the scan group doesn't wanna give it up, they might be willing to collab on it.
It's all about that mutual respect, and when that is broken, of course people are gonna go to the comment section to complain. Had it been I MTL FOR MY SISTER that had taken over after NASS and The Empire Scans that sniped, then the rage would be on TES.
Sniping is a big, fat nono.