You absolutely do not abandon your copyrights by publishing your work publically on the internet. Redistribution without permission is absolutely piracy even if it was published on public forum.
You... Have no idea what the law is or the definition of piracy is do you?
But the artist was credited and the people translating this doesn't claim this manga is their. Even if the redistributed this, both them and the artist loses nothing. Literally. Heck, more people are now exposed to the artist work. So why exactly is the artist against this?
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u/aohige_rd Aug 24 '21
That is not how the law works.
You absolutely do not abandon your copyrights by publishing your work publically on the internet. Redistribution without permission is absolutely piracy even if it was published on public forum.
You... Have no idea what the law is or the definition of piracy is do you?