The wank that I lost has been found! TB/X dj wank!
First: Thank you, aruru * hugs*

Two: Here's the X/TB dj wank I spoke about last week. Let's see...


Let's see... where do I begin with how horrified I am by your web site? Not to mention that scanlations are absolutely prohibited on the DOJML? We support the original artists here.

Did you know that almost all artists in Japan are horribly upset about the current scanning of pages and artwork by Americans? What you are doing with your web site is completely against the principles of the Japanese Artists.

Most artists I spoke to are comfortable with text-based translations of their works being online but JUST translations, not a -scanlation-.

I suggest you read the new page "Online Fanarts Protection" which was developed by the Japanese doujinshi artists as a protest to the wholesale theft of their images by various foreigners.

http://www3.to/ofp/

Marisa, DOJML List Owner



I do not feel however, that this web site is all that bad. So she's making TB/X doujinshi available in English. So what? We did it with YYH dj's for a long time and no one cared until recently when scanalators suddenly became piriahs.

I guess the point is that if rotate your titles on a monthly basis, link to the artist or their new circle, and NEVER charge monies for your scanalations I don't think what you're doing is any worse than what I do as a djka when I make a doujin in English based on a show that is in Japanese.


What's frustrating to me is that those of us who respect the work are tarred with the same brush as those little snots who steal bandwidth from Japanese sites, and who, when challenged, say "Who's gonna stop me? The Art Police?" Grrrrrrr....



So, scanslations are something they despise. I don't think many fans in the English speaking world realize how much the behavior of Western fans bothers Japanese doujinshi artists. I'm not even sure that the OFP does *that* much good, since people still make them. However, it is something that people need to be educated about, so
I'm glad to see this come up.



Down to the nitty-gritty legal details, YES, what I am doing is illegal, unethical, etc. I am posting the artist's work without permission.

The reasons why?

I never got any replies from the artists. I did try to get permission, and when I didn't get a response, I decided to go ahead and post anyway. Not to insult the artist; I wanted to share this wonderful work with other fans. And if the artist ever contancts me and asks me to remove the scanslations from my site, I will do so, no questions asked.

That's all by now. If there's more wank, I'll make sure it reaches here!

EDIT: Due to some requests, here's the URL of the Doujinshii ML: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dojml/ You can see there not only the wanky posts, but also the nice POV's from other persons that can help you a little to understand the polemics...