I was looking for the new Gantz chapter which should be out around this time and i found this:
QUOTE From Anime News Network and Anime Vice: In a move that surprised many manga fans and industry watchers last week, the editors of the Japanese edition of Weekly Shonen Jump posted an open letter to fans in their April 26, 2010 issue. The letter tells readers that posting scans of pages from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, even if done without malicious or criminal intent, is not only illegal, it is against the wishes of the manga creators, and it is "hurting manga culture."
The message also goes on to say that Shueisha (the publisher of Shonen Jump manga) will deal with these illegal scans posted on the Internet "severely." The letter ends with the wish that fans will respect their wishes and continue to support Shonen Jump manga.
The online reaction to this development was swift and dramatic. Raw-Paradise.com, a site that hosted many "raw" (untranslated) scans of manga from Japan shut down operations. Meanwhile, on the Manga Helpers forums, commentary ranged from "it's the beginning of the end" to "it doesn't apply to U.S. fans who scan/post/read scanlations, only Japanese readers." Some felt that Shueisha was being "unreasonable" and that they couldn't possibly stop scanlations worldwide, while other posters remarked that Shueisha was reaching out to fans to protect their rights, and their manga creators' intellectual property rights.
What makes this letter especially noteworthy is that it is, to my knowledge, the first time that a Japanese publisher has reached out directly to fans to explicitly say that both they and the manga creators who are featured in their magazine are not happy to see their comics scanned in and posted on the Internet for anyone and everyone to read for free. So what happens next? Who knows? But this we know for sure -- it's bound to get interesting.
ANN link here
I dont know what to make of it. Its only one magazine but it might have a domino effect. It kinda sucks.
I cant help but feel this was spurred by the Bleach/Incarnate plagarism thing a while back. Oh well it was a good run.
Whatdya think?
QUOTE From Anime News Network and Anime Vice: In a move that surprised many manga fans and industry watchers last week, the editors of the Japanese edition of Weekly Shonen Jump posted an open letter to fans in their April 26, 2010 issue. The letter tells readers that posting scans of pages from Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, even if done without malicious or criminal intent, is not only illegal, it is against the wishes of the manga creators, and it is "hurting manga culture."
The message also goes on to say that Shueisha (the publisher of Shonen Jump manga) will deal with these illegal scans posted on the Internet "severely." The letter ends with the wish that fans will respect their wishes and continue to support Shonen Jump manga.
The online reaction to this development was swift and dramatic. Raw-Paradise.com, a site that hosted many "raw" (untranslated) scans of manga from Japan shut down operations. Meanwhile, on the Manga Helpers forums, commentary ranged from "it's the beginning of the end" to "it doesn't apply to U.S. fans who scan/post/read scanlations, only Japanese readers." Some felt that Shueisha was being "unreasonable" and that they couldn't possibly stop scanlations worldwide, while other posters remarked that Shueisha was reaching out to fans to protect their rights, and their manga creators' intellectual property rights.
What makes this letter especially noteworthy is that it is, to my knowledge, the first time that a Japanese publisher has reached out directly to fans to explicitly say that both they and the manga creators who are featured in their magazine are not happy to see their comics scanned in and posted on the Internet for anyone and everyone to read for free. So what happens next? Who knows? But this we know for sure -- it's bound to get interesting.
ANN link here
I dont know what to make of it. Its only one magazine but it might have a domino effect. It kinda sucks.
I cant help but feel this was spurred by the Bleach/Incarnate plagarism thing a while back. Oh well it was a good run.
Whatdya think?