Comment on [NEWS] Mangadex hit by massive DMCA takedown, 700+ series gone
Pyrus@lemm.ee 1 day ago
I hope this is the only instance of a takedown of this magnitude for a while, but I fear the publishers are now smelling the blood in the water now that the Mangadex team have folded to pressure once. Worst case scenario they get repeated takedowns and vanish over time, or shut down like Batoto. I guess this will just repeat the cycle of; community manga site gets popular -> popular community site gets taken down -> surge in use aggregators -> aggregators increase ads -> community gathers around new popular site. Rinse and repeat, as manga publishers refuse realize what Gabe Newell has known for decades, piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem.
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, it’s not like MD team stood up to DMCA claims before. They were always willing to oblige whenever a license holder requested them to remove series they’re responsible for or post the links to official releases.
This one is simply the biggest one yet.