This explains what mangago does pretty well and why it won't be shut down. If anyone is interested in the more technical shit, I can recommend an article for that as well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/3c2m3k/are_major_manga_sites_like_mangafox_manga_reader/
Thanks for the reassurances man, I have a question though. What about onemanga? That used to be my go to site but that got shut down :
Most likely (I'm assuming here because I never went to that website) they
A. Uploaded licensed manga from publishers (as in official published English translations from a U.S. company way too often and got caught) or
B. Often times there will come a request to have a manga taken down from someone with the power to do something about it if it's getting too much attention on websites such as this one and if they're persistent about it, the website has to. (Devil honey and one piece are some that got taken down on mangago) and if the website doesn't take them down, they'll get reported to the authorities.
Again, idk what happened but it was probably one of these two
According to a 2009 study conducted by Lee Hye-Kyung of the University of London, Japanese publishers felt that scanlation was "an overseas phenomenon", and no "coordinated action" had taken place against scanlation. Lee stated that a possible explanation for some of the lack of legal action is that scanlation groups always make sure to buy an original copy of the work and generally stop scanlating should the work become licensed.[10]
Historically, copyright holders have not requested scanlators to stop distribution before a work is licensed in the translated language. Thus, scanlators usually feel it is relatively 'safe' to scanlate series which have not been commercially released in their country. Steve Kleckner, a former VP of sales for Tokyopop, stated that "Frankly, I find it kind of flattering, not threatening... To be honest, I believe that if the music industry had used downloading and file sharing properly, it would have increased their business, not eaten into it."[21] However, this view is not necessarily shared among the industry, as some Japanese publishers have threatened scanlation groups with legal action. Since the 1990s, publishers have sent cease and desist letters to various scanlation groups and websites.[22]
Due to manga's popularity steadily increasing in the overseas market, copyright holders felt that scanlators were intruding on their sales and in 2010, a group of 36 Japanese publishers and a number of US publishers banded together to form the Manga Multi-national Anti-Piracy Coalition to "combat" illegal scanlations, especially mentioning scanlation aggregator websites. They have threatened to take legal action against at least thirty, unnamed websites.[23][24] The coalition has achieved some degree of success. The scanlation aggregator site OneManga, ranked 935 in the entire internet in May 2010 according to a Google listing and top 300 in the United States,[24][25] announced its closure in July 2010 due to their respect towards the displeasure expressed by the publishers, while OneManga officially shut down its online reader in August, 2010.[26]
Gotcha, thanks.
Unfortunate that onemanga was one of those unnamed websites.
I feel worried because what happened to onemanga is still pretty fresh in my mind lol
But at the same time, I feel like mangago is bigger so it'd be harder to take down and you're probably right in after a few days this whole thing will just pass like a storm :P
Ok lol this is a public website. I don't think yall understand what's going on here. My father worked a bit in online book licensing. You are allowed to translate books and post your translation as you damn well please. Assuming the translator is in the u.s., the most likely (99% basically) scenario, is that if the author chooses to, you will be sued according to u.s copyright infringement standards. What this means is that the author could potentially sue THE TRANSATOR for taking away from the authors profit. In the end, with all the legal fees, the author might actually lose money and it's rarely advised unless they're making a shit ton of money and they're thinking of expanding into America. Long story short, I guarantee that the worst that will happen is that the author will talk to the translator and they will most likely stop translating and in a couple months another person may pick it up again. Authors know their shit will be posted online. It's like the one of the first things a publisher will warn you about. CALM THE FUCK DOWN. Mangago will not be shut down. Trust.