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Originally Posted by YukisUke
I'm not breaking the law!! I don't download the manga or anything like that I just read it!! And I don't need a "filter"!! Even if I ask them to order it, it might not be possible to get the volumes I want. |
Wrong. Reading it online, even if you don't download it or share it is STILL stealing and it's STILL illegal. Did you know that libraries have to have a special license to give out books to the general public? I can borrow a book from my friend and that's fine, but if someone else advertises book lending in the public domain (and who isn't a library or other authorized service), then that's illegal, and by borrowing from then I am participating in an illegal activity. Just because you have the comfort of a computer screen between you, doesn't make it less so. The point is you are wrongly ~accessing~ copyright material through an illegal medium and an illegal mediator. You are actively supporting theft by providing hits to the site, and that puts money in the thief's pockets as more hits = more worth in ad-space sales.
Asking your library to consider buying in more manga is still better than lazy stealing. You should also check the area book database. If my town library doesn't have a book I want but another library within the county does, I can usually ask for it to be sent across on reserve for me, so just because it's not on the shelf, doesn't automatically mean it's not available at all.