With the DMCA, the pro-copyright people have to play a game of whack a mole. It ...

wonderercat · on Jan 14, 2012

Better 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 · on Jan 14, 2012

The 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 · on Jan 14, 2012

Why 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 · on Jan 14, 2012

I 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.