Does Reading online Manga, Comics, etc, from free scan sites, is Crime?

[lars573]

Sure, piracy will always exist, but I'm a firm advocate of the notion that if a company is offering its wares online in a convenient, easy-to-use manner, that's the way we should go. It's no accident that the rise of Netflix has caused a massive reduction in movie and TV piracy.

I haven't used the comics site, but if it's slick and useful, then there's a good reason to consider going legit.

The problem is the comic business rarely does things like convenient and easy-to-use. Even hollywood will eventually see the light and go that way. Comic publishers tend to be much more fearful and stubborn, and cling to the old ways. The audience being the same doesn't help much either. The only publisher that has a system remotely like convenient and easy-to-use is Marvel. They have a subscription service that gives you access to anything they publisher monthly for $5/mo (and they give you subscriber only content and an action figure). Everyone also charges the exact same as a physical copy for a single issue. Which is the biggest thing holding digital comics back. For the $4/$5 a copy price I'll walk my white arse to a store and support local businesses thank you very much. I really feel that way about any digital media that costs the exact same as the physical.