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Originally Posted by Skuu
1. Just because you can't think of a way to legally satisfy yourself, doesn't make it right to do it illegally, so this point is irrelevant to the discussion.
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If it's not licensed, how else do you get to read it, even if you still plan on buying it when it becomes available? What about those who read scanlations and collects it? IMO, there's not much difference in this regard.
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2. I know nothing really about business or markets beyond supply and demand. If there's a market that a company knows about and it's big enough to justify the price of shipping (and maybe getting rights) there, then it will inevitably start appearing there. So for this reason I imagine just by buying any manga in your area you can encourage it. Obviously it'd be better to buy manga from the publisher you want.
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That's my problem for liking rare series or wanting to buy obscure series. It took a long time, but I
finally managed to find the Gundam Wing manga last year. I got all of them, 'cept for one, but doesn't matter, just like most series I want, it's not found online scanlated. I'd be better off bidding on YahooJapan auction to find some the titles I want.
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What I take away from this discussion is, although it's been very positive that many people have said they will now curtail their downloading, people clearly do what they want and justify it after the fact. We all do this of course, but when it is actually causing people to suffer somewhere, we should question how 'necessary' our hobby is, and whether it may be more important to care about even the risk of someone else's livelihood, even if they're not right in front of us.
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Getting down to it, aside from reading ahead for series I'm physically collecting (manga) anyway, I rarely download much of anything now-a-days.