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[Yu Han Sung]

Groups with unclear, violated or no hosting policies:

Project Noir - I don't even see this on Batoto. Their site says to ask for permission, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. - Trebor
Mangascreener - No policy on their site, defaulting to "allow" - Trebor
Bishounen Project - inactive? Not sure what "inactive" has to do with their hosting policy. - Trebor
Dangerous Pleasure - readers really allowed? http://dpscanlations...ertigo.com/faq/ Seems like it. - Trebor
Gantz Waiting Room - Allowed. Thanks for confirming powha. -mhh
Manga Underground - No policy. Allowed. - mhh
I Eat Manga - This is fine, they're on our ad revenue program - Trebor
Hidden Gem Scans - No policy defaulting to "allow" - Trebor
Mako-Scans - "Also EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO USE OUR SCANS FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE!", sounds pretty clear to me. - Trebor
Samehat - No policy defaulting to "allow" - Trebor
Hakurei Scanlations
SCX-scans - This is fine, they're on our ad revenue program - Trebor
Half-baked scans - No policy defaulting to "allow" - Trebor
Megchan's scanlations - No policy defaulting to "allow" - Trebor
Kibitou4Life - Defunct group, No policy defaulting to "allow". But they seem to do hentai doujinshi, so that wouldn't be allowed on Batoto anyway. - Trebor
Dango Scanlations
Daniel.au - No policy defaulting to "allow" - Trebor
AngryCandy - No policy. Allowed. -mhh (thx Sality)
The Rabbit Reich - No policy. Allowed. If sombody wants to confirm via IRC go ahead. -mhh
Dark Tower Scanlations - No policy. Allowed. -mhh (ty Sality)
Arenai - Inactive. No policy. Allowed. -mhh
itadakimasu - No policy. Allowed until I hear otherwise. - mhh
Goingsoloonce - No policy. Allowed. -mhh
Lililicious - No policy. Allowed. -mhh
MegKF - I think you need to ask before hosting. - Website down. Awating confirmation. Allowed until I get told otherwise. - mhh
Pinklotus89 - No policy. Allowed. -mhh
Mangadownloads - No policy. Allowed. -mhh
Roseille Scans - No policy. Allowed. -mhh
Bushido Angels http://anotsuu.livejournal.com/ Bushido Angels Adventure - No policy. Allowed. -mhh
AMH-scans - Inactive for quite some time. Allowed. - mhh
anon_scans - No policy on website -> allowed. - mhh
Kokoro no Oasis - Inactive since 12.07.2011. No policy -> allowed - mhh
Hyper Parfait - inactive. No policy. Changing to allowed - mhh
Drat - Inactive. No policy on website cannot be reached on IRC. changing to "allow". - mhh


Groups with "No hosting" policies hat have been uploaded regardless:

http://www.batoto.co...ndensation-r701 - No hosting for ad supported websites, but I do believe we could get permission since we aren't for profit and share the ad revenue. Inactive hence I can't confirm. Allowed. -mhh
http://www.batoto.co...asty-scans-r279 - No permission. No can do. - mhh
Vices n Devices http://web.archive.o...s.net/about.php What? This is allowed by their website; they're also a defunct group. - Trebor
J-sis - delay 24 hrs http://web.archive.o....j-sis.net/faq/ What? How is this a "no hosting" policy? They're defunct, so delay policy doesn't matter anyway. - Trebor
It says allowed in the archive anyway. (below quote) - Grumpy

Q: May I host your projects?
A: Yes you may, however you should own the space on which you host it. No photobucket accounts and such.

Hikaru no Go group - changed names (SAO, Cesare, Hyakki something); do not upload. http://et-caetera.net/?page_id=8
Omari's Sister http://www.batoto.co...ris-sister-r139
Kotonoha http://www.batoto.co...k/kotonoha-r171 - Cannot find policy allowed for now. - mhh
Groups that we need to ask for permission:

Noir: http://www.batoto.co...p/_/n/noir-r331

Edited by Trebor, 13 September 2011 - 11:16 PM.

[Yu Han Sung]

Let me add a few more:

Omari's Sister = Do NOT upload
http://vatoto.com/group/_/o/omaris-sister-r139


Kotonoha = Do NOT upload, host or redistribute their releases. Confirm with them.
http://vatoto.com/group/_/k/kotonoha-r171

[powha]

Another contributor warned me about Gantz_Waitingroom policy, but i am waiting on answer from the admin right now. Will inform you when i get it.

[Yu Han Sung]

Oh well, I should never have uploaded any of their series. I guess that's going to be a truckload of titles gone for good.

[Trebor]

This is a huge list that will take some time to process.

[Yu Han Sung]

You're right. I even tried to look up some or most of these groups but... nuh uh, there's no hosting policy for most of them. *rolls around and nibbles on a biscuit*

Oops, it should be Noir. *frowns* How'd I get their name cocked up so much? http://vatoto.com/comic/_/comics/the-flower-of-evil-r1269

Noir: http://vatoto.com/group/_/n/noir-r331 <--- removed the "3 days" delay thing 'cos I doubt the person who added that, belonged to their group.

Noir's site FAQ: http://projectnoir.net/faq.html (ask before hosting.. oops..)

Also, some of these groups put "hosts" and they mean "download hosts" but not necessarily "readers, that's why. I take it you're assuming "hosts" to mean both "download sites and readers". *shrugs*

Nope, J-Sis is on a temporary hiatus 'cos I just visited their channel on irchighway. They're doing something atm... dunno what? I think they are trying to revive some of their projects.

Vices n Devices is not defunct! Their last releases was in May 2011 but tha'ts not important. http://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1286

[powha]

Got a reply from morten.
He said: "We support your online reader. The online reader we absolutely hate is Mangafox. You can upload the scanlations done by our groups Gantz_Waitingroom, Offtopia and ENXAME."

so.. thats how it is

[mhh]

Edited and updated. Added everything important to the first post.

[KidCongo]

What's the word on Kotonoha?

[mhh]

I can't find anything on their website regarding mirroring/hosting.
However, I found this: http://kotonoha.monk...y/news/general/

This is not very clear to me. The word on this therefore: Allowed until further notice.

I'll try to find means to contact them and clarify.

[KidCongo]

Yeah, that's why I'm unsure, they don't seem to like aggregators and they don't want any attention from the anti-scanlation alliance, but nothing concrete.

[Yu Han Sung]

Okay, I hate to be a downer but Shoujo Crusade has always forbidden posting of their scans on online viewing sites. That's why I never ever uploaded any of their projects, on this site.

http://vatoto.com/group/_/s/shoujo-crusade-r806

Edited by tofu21, 13 September 2011 - 03:45 PM.

[Yu Han Sung]

To mhh, I believe Kotonoha's contact info is here:

kotonoha (at) gmx (dot) net

[Nomad Soul]

Hi,

this is Nomad Soul from the group Kotonoha. I'd appreciate it if you could remove all our scanlations from your site and block all uploads in the future.

Thank you.

[Trebor]

Hi,

this is Nomad Soul from the group Kotonoha. I'd appreciate it if you could remove all our scanlations from your site and block all uploads in the future.

Thank you.

Alright, Nomad Soul, I've locked the Kotonoha comics, except for joints. I'm going to PM you in a bit, can you please respond to that?

[KidCongo]

I'm not quite clear, if it's OK to upload Entropy joint projects.

Edited to add: Do we have permission to upload Divine Sanctuary releases?

Edited by KidCongo, 21 November 2011 - 04:25 PM.

[powha]

Edited to add: Do we have permission to upload Divine Sanctuary releases?

2. Do not steal or distribute our work.
-We work hard on those, and we like to see our efforts rewarded, we don't want to be leeched off.

So i guess No, for now.

[Trebor]

I'm not quite clear, if it's OK to upload Entropy joint projects.

Edited to add: Do we have permission to upload Divine Sanctuary releases?

It's okay to upload entropy joints. I asked them a few days ago. They said they would reconsider their general policy. I need to check back w/them on that, but i'm a bit busy atm.

[KidCongo]

Thanks.
Concerning Divine Sanctuary, they also say, "If you wish to distribute our projects, ASK US FIRST!!!", and there are already a couple of releases on batoto, which is why I was wondering if we had been given permission.

[Sality]

o.o , without realizing it, I've upload 4 chapters from their scanlation. I think I must ask them.. but it looks like their admin is already inactive for a month.