Is it ethical for scanlators to ask for donations so they can keep scanning?

Is it ethical for scanlators to ask for donations so they can keep scanning?
Or what would be the most ethical way of asking for funds? Putting new scanlations behind a paywall and releasing them for free after some time later?

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Leechers like you and me have no right in the world to judge a scanlator asking for little bit money for his work, especially since nobody's forcing us to pay.

>Is it ethical for scanlators to ask for donations so they can keep scanning?
No.
>Or what would be the most ethical way of asking for funds? Putting new scanlations behind a paywall and releasing them for free after some time later?
Even more no.

It's ethical to ask for donations, yes.

It's ethical but it's distasteful

Imagine being the artist of those images seeing someone promote their own patreon using them

It's not ethical and don't even bother beating yourself over it, if you want to translate ripped doujin and manga just do it, if you need donations or will take comissions that's up to you as well, no one gives a fuck about moralfaggotry, we know that we're leechers. Also, yes, the mangaka and doujinka will hate your guts and you're just going have to live with this, if it bothers you that much just give up.

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Well you're not the artist are you? You're a leech, so shut the fuck up.

You fucking retarded cocksucking weeb

A scanlator is a person who scan and translates something

The cocksucker in your pic is just a translator.

Leechers are not qualified to talk about "ethics"

it's not ethical, but I would shit on niggers who beg for donations anyway
the best practice is what the Overlord TL guy did, don't accept money, but accept if people donate merchandise to you
merchandise supports the original creator and not the faggot publishers while also giving something to the TL that maybe he can sell later if he's poor, or he can keep because he loves the IP

I doubt it, how is it any different from pirating?

You don't know me
Now plug your sour asshole bitch

Leeches don't get to bitch, you eat shit for free.

morality is a spook, so it's completely fine.

Kek is this from the creator?

If you're a moralfag, then sure

>Is it ethical for scanlators to ask for donations so they can keep scanning?
Yes. They're providing labor and value.
If it's not ethical than neither is reading pirate scans but Zig Forums doesn't care about that.
Zig Forums just gets butthurt at scanlators because they see them as attention whores or somethhing.

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>If it's not ethical than neither is reading pirate scans but Zig Forums doesn't care about that.
user, do you ever think before posting?

>paygoy discord scannies in charge of telling people who's allowed to criticize their grifting

What's your point?

IMO the ideal system would be based on commissions, with donations as nothing more than a gesture of appreciation. Attempting to treat art, let alone barely remixed art, as a product is retarded both practically and philosophically.

Man, Kurisu sure is cute.

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Tier 3 is bad and the price should decrease once he reaches 50 or more subs, after a 100 he should be sending money to the author

I'd rather learn nihongo than paying for piracy to a pirate.

Scanlators are gigantic faggots second only to jannies

>Zig Forums seething over $3 a month
Is this thirdworld hours or something?

>asking money for stolen goods
>ethical

>stolen
>digital reproduction
Do you think before you post retard?

If you're putting scans behind a paywall you are just asking for trouble.

Nothing wrong with asking for money. It's only wrong if they bitch after they get little to nothing.

Yeah whatever, all manga raw is available for free right?
You got me user.