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With the DMCA, the pro-copyright people have to play a game of whack a mole. It allows entire site like online manga readers to exist in the first place.
by kiba 15y ago
With the DMCA, the pro-copyright people have to play a game of whack a mole. It allows entire site like online manga readers to exist in the first place.
- wonderercat 15y agoBetter to play whack-a-mole than play Manhattan Project. And nobody has to play whack-a-mole. iTunes is a perfect example of "getting with the times".
- astrodust 15y agoThe only reason manga readers exist at all is because a reasonable alternative does not exist. If you could download, legally, that sort of thing for a token fee, not like the $0.99 download that finally made online music scales work, the demand would drop quickly. Why spend hours trying to torrent something when for a nominal fee you can get a legitimate copy in seconds?
- kiba 15y agoWhy spend hours trying to torrent something when for a nominal fee you can get a legitimate copy in seconds? Actually, web manga readers are some of the most convenient way to read manga online.
- astrodust 15y agoI know things like that are mired in a mixture of indifferent publishers, Japan tending to be quite insular, and licensing restrictions. It's not a technical problem you can solve with copyright enforcement. It's a supply problem caused by vendors not being in the right channels. That there's a web reader that works should prove there's demand.