Manga Drama NEVER Ends
I remember the good ol' days of chatting and sharing things on IRC, the various scanlation groups I have dabbled or worked in, and the drama behind the scenes. There were those who did the sharing, but wanted to keep it on the down-low because the licensing-vultures were on the prowl to shut us all down, and then there were those who did the senseless pandemic version of sharing without any care as to who it could hurt in the world. Regardless of how much time passes, the concept remains inevitably the same and just when I start coming back to livejournal, I can see how some things will never change lol.
I am fortunate to live next to a Japanese bookstore in which I do not have to go on a prowl and hunt down people's journals for juicy tidbits and raw files -- though I do like to snag some now and then for the magazines that I do not buy. Still, the principle remains the same, if someone is kind enough to share something and asks that you don't share it, please don't share it, it's just good etiquette that way. However, I know that people just can't do it so I also recommend that people don't share. If the world can't appreciate the risk you're taking, don't do it.
For instance...
I live with roommates. They are not the worst roommates in the world, but they are not the best roommates in the world either. I contribute the most to the household. I do the most amount of cleaning, restocking, and providing like the owner of a place in a sense. Every pot and pan in the kitchen belongs to me, most of the dishware belongs to me, and I want to say that perhaps a good 80% of the furnishings and whatnot belongs to me so I share them with my roommates, who take a lot of it for granted. They absolutely suck at cleaning, and they do not treat my items with respect. I thought I might implode from the frustration because I attempted to communicate it with them that they need to treat my things better, but when they continuously mistreated my shared items, I retrieved most of the ones that mattered back into my room. The amount of items in the rest of the house is limited now and when they asked me why I did it, I just simply answered that I don't want my things to be broken or not taken good cared of, because they BELONG TO ME. So if they can't appreciate it, don't share.
I think the concept is pretty much the same in terms of sharing raws and scanlations. There will ALWAYS be offenders, so you are probably better off not being so awesome if people can't appreciate it, is my two cents if it frustrates you that terribly.
With that said, I still want to say that I do love to share my raws when I can, but I have no expectations that it will stay under wraps. Things just circulate like wild fire on a field whenever you do something nice like going through the trouble of scanning or photographing so it's kind of a known hazard. Just do what frustrates you less.
I am fortunate to live next to a Japanese bookstore in which I do not have to go on a prowl and hunt down people's journals for juicy tidbits and raw files -- though I do like to snag some now and then for the magazines that I do not buy. Still, the principle remains the same, if someone is kind enough to share something and asks that you don't share it, please don't share it, it's just good etiquette that way. However, I know that people just can't do it so I also recommend that people don't share. If the world can't appreciate the risk you're taking, don't do it.
For instance...
I live with roommates. They are not the worst roommates in the world, but they are not the best roommates in the world either. I contribute the most to the household. I do the most amount of cleaning, restocking, and providing like the owner of a place in a sense. Every pot and pan in the kitchen belongs to me, most of the dishware belongs to me, and I want to say that perhaps a good 80% of the furnishings and whatnot belongs to me so I share them with my roommates, who take a lot of it for granted. They absolutely suck at cleaning, and they do not treat my items with respect. I thought I might implode from the frustration because I attempted to communicate it with them that they need to treat my things better, but when they continuously mistreated my shared items, I retrieved most of the ones that mattered back into my room. The amount of items in the rest of the house is limited now and when they asked me why I did it, I just simply answered that I don't want my things to be broken or not taken good cared of, because they BELONG TO ME. So if they can't appreciate it, don't share.
I think the concept is pretty much the same in terms of sharing raws and scanlations. There will ALWAYS be offenders, so you are probably better off not being so awesome if people can't appreciate it, is my two cents if it frustrates you that terribly.
With that said, I still want to say that I do love to share my raws when I can, but I have no expectations that it will stay under wraps. Things just circulate like wild fire on a field whenever you do something nice like going through the trouble of scanning or photographing so it's kind of a known hazard. Just do what frustrates you less.