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Originally Posted by Columbine
You're kidding right? Ok, the diddly little LJ rings and whatever don't earn anything, but big sites like OneManga can make a mint off of ad-space sales.
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I didn't actually realise this until you just pointed it out, in retrospect it should have been obvious to me that they make money from the ads, but I never really paid attention. In that case I can perhaps see why some users like MMM get so frustrated, it's essentially stealing. Places like OneManga are useing artists work to get money when the artists get nothing in return.
I still think it's somewhat unfair that readers abroad have to wait years to read their manga compared to those in Japan who get it instantly, but stealing isn't okay either . . . perhaps the artists or companies could create legal sites where people can pay to read or something? That case everyone would win.