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Question about scanslations

Post by Adamant » Mon May 17, 2004 4:03 am

(Yeah, I know, it's not really DB related.)

*Toriyama's World has scanslated Toriyma's manga "Kajika".
*This manga has been released in Denmark.
*Is it legal for me, a norwegian, to:
a) download the scans?
b) post a link to Toriyama's World on a public, norwegian message board.
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Post by tablet the eunuch » Mon May 17, 2004 6:46 am

If you country is under the Berne Convention, which I'm sure it is, then it's not legal considering-

1. any manga officially done/published is still copyrighted
2. the translation isn't official

therefore both are in breach of copyright terms and junk. However, best to contact the owner of the said message board just in case.
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Post by Dayspring » Mon May 17, 2004 7:56 am

Which countries are under the Berne Convention? **Prays Canada isn't so he can feel guilt-free when he dls scanslations**
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Post by Kodoshin » Mon May 17, 2004 10:06 am

Canada is, a complete list of participating countries can be found here:

http://www.adamsadams.co.za/home.asp?pid=59
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Post by Adamant » Mon May 17, 2004 3:11 pm

Well, US is on that list as well, and as far as I know, scanslations of manga not availiable in english aren't illegal there.
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Post by Kodoshin » Mon May 17, 2004 4:29 pm

I wouldn't be so sure that they aren't illeagal, just that nobody cares/has the means to convienently enforce their ownership.
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Post by Dayspring » Mon May 17, 2004 7:55 pm

as far as I know, scanslations of manga not availiable in english aren't illegal there.
Copyright is infringed indirectly:

by any person who, without the authority of the copyright owner, imports, sells, lets, by way of trade offers or exposes for sale or hire, or distributes for purposes of trade
IE: Unless you're scanslating for yourself, they're illegal. Any scanslation is, it's just that nobody wants to admit it.
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