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08-13-2010, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by noodle View Post
But I just wanted to ask... Is borrowing a book from the library, reading it, and giving it back for free a crime or piracy? Some of you might say that libraries don't make money like OneManga, but to that I respond; If OneManga stopped making profit from advertisement and simply uploaded Manga so that it's available like a book is available at the library, would you guys still consider it piracy?
No. Libraries are endorsed by the publishers and pay the publishers for the right to do what they do. Libraries are not for profit and do more than just give free access to reading materials.

If OneManga took off all their advertising AND was endorsed by the publishers, then I would stop calling it piracy.
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