Site Update - 14th of May 2025

[Bamioum]

For those who want to know the extent, the claimers, etc, they also reported it all to Google (so the URLs are removed), so Lumen have it all.

https://lumendatabase.org/notices/search?sort_by=date_received+desc&term=mangadex

One of the biggest players seem to be this one (https://comeso.org/) on behalf of a lot of people

That faq section on comeso is absolutely ridiculously condescending. This does confirm that most of the big publishing companies both japanese and korean use a third party for dmca. Probably explains why it is so heavy-handed as well as they probably would have an even less nuanced view considering their business model.

 

[Tourfaint]

I mean, the only thing you can do VS a mass DMCA is to be super anal about the laws, stuff like requiring legit digital signatures, and using the full amount of business days per takedown to process them ,and overall be as much of an asshole as possible in extend of the law when receiving a takedown request, you really can demand a lot of stuff to "make sure" the dmca request is legit. But it's a balancing act for no much gain other than ruining some lawyers day.

Overall, it seems it's over, time to pick up the pieces and grow another head of the hydra.

 

[Sprocket]

At this point, I'm beginning to think it might be less of a headache if everyone just dedicated their efforts to Twitter/Pixiv manga
They're not my favorite, but you're not as likely to get a DMCA over them

 

[Itsn]

Suppose it was inevitable with how easy MD was to reach with a DMCA since it's not hosted in like, Bulgaria.

Rip to a real one and thanks for your work these last few years.

 

[yetanothergeek]

What happened today at MD will continue, no matter what we do or say. I hate to say this, because I've been here for years as a group leader and avid reader, but now it will either be a slow countdown or a sudden explosion at any moment. All sides of this situation are understandable, but now it's time to pick up the pieces and reorganize. The truth is, we group leaders will have to look for places to make the works we translate available, whether in online readers or for dl, and readers will have to look for places to read them, whether in friendly places or not.

A brazilian website just announced that more than 700 titles were impacted and it will increase. And the chances of many of these things becoming lost media are very high.

Keep the channels open, as long as we can talk, we can rendezvous.

 

[Ucluk4]

I have almost 3.5k mangas on my library, never got around organizing them, guess when I do I'll find a bunch got nuked lol

Worst part will get to the series I can't find anywhere else, example, Suito-to!, which I'm not sure is anywhere else

Sorry but that's bullshit, one can always try find balance, also, operating "ethically" got us here lol

We're by definition already acting unethical by pirating manga, might as well go all the way so we don't get kicked down like we got today

Isn't mangadex already got takedown notice too few years ago. So if they didn't take dmca they gonna got takedown again..

 

[Ucluk4]

Or maybe stop playing games and simply say what you want to say.

Buddy the reason why mangadex got dmca because they got popular those other sites gonna follow if they ever gonna popular.

 

[yetanothergeek]

I notice the forums for the chapters of series that are completely gone are still up, so we can talk still. Hope they all keep going.
It's time to save your libraries, save your translator groups, and start looking for other places, but do keep in contact, there will be a new place for us gather, we will always find a way.

 

[Bamioum]

It's such a shame as sites like Mangadex and batoto(og) makes it so much easier to discover new series and with how they link to official translations, artist social media and other avenues of purchase, it has never been as easy or comfortable to get involved and support both artists and publishers. I really have a difficult time seeing this as anything other than a net negative for everyone involved in the long term.

 

[T-sama]

Buddy the reason why mangadex got dmca because they got popular those other sites gonna follow if they ever gonna popular.

Some literally don't care about dmca, they even upload official translations lol

 

[T-sama]

Isn't mangadex already got takedown notice too few years ago. So if they didn't take dmca they gonna got takedown again..

You talk as if the damage isn't basically halfway a takedown :v

 

[DenjinZ]

I guess the series I primarily follow, Dark Gathering, is a bit better off compared to others since it is on the shonen jump site and app and it does have English volumes (which I am current on)...but I hate being 18 chapters behind and waiting for the manga to catch up here in the states. Sure, it is a monthly series and we could eventually catch up, but I like staying current and talking about the chapter with others here and other sites. That's what these oldies don't fucking get. I hope Kredim continues somehow in a different area for this series. Its going to be a lot more boring otherwise...

 

[Aezeryel]

Grow a pair and fight back instead of caving. At least if you do there's a chance the site will survive.

Fight back how? At the very best, MD is in a grey area, and realistically, this is illegal, especially since some of the manga taken down have official English translations. Yes, you only get to read them once the volumes come out, but regardless, the publishers have every right to demand their manga be taken down.

 

[Aezeryel]

I guess the series I primarily follow, Dark Gathering, is a bit better off compared to others since it is on the shonen jump site and app and it does have English volumes (which I am current on)...but I hate being 18 chapters behind and waiting for the manga to catch up here in the states. Sure, it is a monthly series and we could eventually catch up, but I like staying current and talking about the chapter with others here and other sites. That's what these oldies don't fucking get. I hope Kredim continues somehow in a different area for this series. Its going to be a lot more boring otherwise...

Now imagine not being from the states and having the volumes cost twice as much.

 

[Madologist]

One of the biggest players seem to be this one (https://comeso.org/) on behalf of a lot of people

That faq section on comeso is absolutely ridiculously condescending. This does confirm that most of the big publishing companies both japanese and korean use a third party for dmca. Probably explains why it is so heavy-handed as well as they probably would have an even less nuanced view considering their business model.

And of course they are German.

I have a feeling this is less of a "we got hired by the companies to do this", but a "hey, we have this case ready, want to hire us to enforce it?". We used to have "law firms" doing the same, building cases about various sites and individuals and then approaching the ip holders, if they were interested in hammering them down. Scummy behaviour, luckily it got cracked down on, as prebuilding the cases like that was illegal. Need a warrant first, essentially.

But man are they smug about their crusade...

 

[toniluluhill]

So all that was taken down are the scans? I'll still be able to see the actual title in my library right?

 

[AncientWatcher]

Modern copyright and patent laws deserve to be thrown into a black hole. Fuck Comeso and the shitheads who use their "services".

 

[Bamioum]

At the very least this is good motivation to properly organize my list at mangaupdates for once, so that i at the very least know which series i'm still interested in following. Have been very lazy with that since Mangadex started.

 

[go-2-sleep]

Tldr, is MangaDex going to release a list of the titles or not?
Found my answer elsewhere, ignore.

 

[brndndss]

it's not the first, and it certainly wont be the last, but this one hits much harder than all the site strikes ive seen in my time as a reader.

sure we're losing alot of big name, recognizable series, but seeing a ton of series that never would have seen light of day if not for the work of scanlation groups and mangadex itself, just getting fully nuked back into obscurity is depressing.