Marjorie Haukea Williams Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 My ghetto is every ghetto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruciatus Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 About The Anon and her private blog Many of you are familiar with the scanlator The Anon, others may not be. She began scanlating sometime last year, before quickly going private because her projects would end up on manga-reading sites and some scan groups would use her scans to release in their language without asking for permission. How she operates Even after screening members and making them jump through hoops before granting them access to her private blog where she was sharing her releases, there would be a "leak" now and then - some or the other project would end up on sites like Myreadingmanga. She would kick up a huge furor, delete her blog, then make people go through the same mindless process again to gain membership. Sometimes, some other translator or group would release their version of one of her manga projects, since they don't know its being worked on privately and available only to a limited number of people. Then a different kind of drama would begin, allegations of "stealing projects" would fly. Earlier this year, she went public again for a brief period of time. I say "brief" because of course, her releases again ended up on MRM and some Korean group used her scans, same old. So she went darkside again, leak happened again, she purged members, created another new blog, same old. What role do I play in this circle of madness? I got friendly with her when she pointed out someone was hotlinking download links of raw mangas on YO. I was also a member of her blog. While she was public, I shared her releases on YO, since she did not have a "Do not reshare/reupload" clause back then. That happened only after she went private and respecting her wishes, I stopped sharing her releases here too. My mistake was when she went public again in May 2017, I assumed her releases were once again free to share on member locked communities like ours. I created threads of some of the mangas she released at the time. A few days later, when we were chatting, she told me she was thinking of going private because she was sure her projects would end up on MRM or some other site again. I told her I'd shared some of her releases on YO after she went public and apologized if I wasn't supposed to do that. I told her it was a misunderstanding on my part and offered to get those threads deleted. She didn't say anything and eventually went back to private a few weeks later. Then midway through June, some of her mangas appeared on MRM in quick succession. She contacted me on the 20th, asked if I could take those mangas down from YO, assuming this is where the "leak" came from. I complied and by June 22, I'd removed the links from all of her projects which I'd shared when she'd been public. Why bring this up now? Now, one of her projects, namely Triangle, which she'd posted when she'd been open to the public, ended up on MRM today. Once again, she's assuming that the leak came from YO. On her new secret blog (she's deleted the old one already) she's posted a snapshot of Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. as being the source of the leak. But she's very conveniently left out the portion where it clearly shows that there's no download link available and that it had been deleted back in June itself. What she is not telling us The thing is, leaks have been happening from her blog all along. Be it manga or drama cds, members on her site have been accessing her links and reuploading elsewhere on reader sites. Let me tell you what happened when she shared Drama CDs on her site. This was in April and even before that, when she was still in private mode. "Personal use only, don't upload elsewhere" she said. But these cds ended up on YO and Aarinfantasy by two different members of her community. She told me their names (I won't take names because they may still be members here for all I know). She contacted the mods here, who immediately deleted those threads. Why the mindless hate? I want to reiterate that I did not share any of her private releases. I admit I screwed up when she went public again. I removed the links of all her projects when she asked me to two months ago. I'm no expert on the psychology of people who "leak" stuff, but I think if they want to leak something, they don't wait for two months. Why would I or another YO user leak anything when it hasn't been available on the site for the last two months? Whereas all download links to the Anon's projects can still be accessed by the 9000+ followers of her private blog. By her own admission, she's been allowing new members to join her private blog. Projects not on YO and only shared privately have ended up online anyways. ( Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. ) We cannot control the internet. And despite there not being any download links of her projects available on YO threads, she still believes the leak came from here beacuse her blog is the freaking NSA and infallibly impenetrable? I'm neither saying what happened was right, nor that she deserved it. But this whole business of blaming the blameless has to stop. She says she's glad it's not one of her members. How do you know that? Because a nameless, faceless person on the internet told you they would never, who then kissed your ass for granting them access to your blog? Yeah, I totally believe that. It is possible that someone downloaded it from YO 2 months back and uploaded it to MRM today. It is equally likely that someone who recently joined her blog did it. Where is the evidence that it happened from YO? Where is the evidence that it did not happen from her blog? Till conclusive proof can be produced, lets not point fingers, shall we? ~Cruciatus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss RED Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 BELOVED ENEMY coming soon !!! >/// Ive read the raws and I'm kinda torn between want/don't want to watch it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexen Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. First of all thank you for the update about this matter. I agree this business of blaming the blameless should stop, since its practically impossible find where, when or who leaked the projects. All the support and let's hope for the best to come out of all this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruciatus Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Please Register/ Sign In, in order to see the links. Thanks for the support. Like I said before, you cannot control the internet. I'd pointed this out to her, that going private is no guarantee that your projects are secure, leaks have happened from underground scanlators like Harudaki, Fantasyshrine etc in the past. I know it must be incredibly frustrating to her that her projects keep getting leaked but pinpointing and badmouthing an entire community is not the solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNoki Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I really hope it works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batista Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 i still think it's embarrassing to fall asleep and on top of that oversleep my lunch break... *blush* what's wrong with me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNoki Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Falling in love with a stranger is interesting. Just like standing in front of a crowd. Or misunderstood someone xD But all seriousness, I was really nervous. Because I was afraid that the person wouldn't like me after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuu_L Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 i have to lose weight > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNoki Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I'm trying to kill time.. so I was wondering if I should play a game or doodle something.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STARRK Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Confess or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteamingmugoflink Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onlymeneko Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I have to get back to work -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNoki Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Compliments=Shyness. How cute. xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexen Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's a secret mueheheh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss RED Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 today has been a bad day. and its only 7.16am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asteamingmugoflink Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I miss her already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryuu_L Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 i have an empty stomach > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNoki Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 What am I thinking. This: Hey there buddy. Hey there. Aww, you are such a cutie. Aren't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameX Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Too many things/people/places to list..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batista Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 One day my cat is going to kill me with his own claws while I desperately try to save him.... T_T (my finger hurts) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marjorie Haukea Williams Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I feel like I try to hard to be different. WAY TOO HARD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fujimori Kaoru Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Craving for some interesting STORY... Wanna play some game.. RPG.. :_red_fox 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedNoki Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I trying to figure out which paint brand to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Is the colour ok to meet my lover's brother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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