Open Letter Objecting to Marvel Policy Leads to “Thanks; Now You Desist, Too”

Comics download tracking site (do I have that terminology right? I feel like my Mom trying to describe these things) ComicSearch wrote a letter to Marvel objecting to their in-the-news treatment of similar site ZCult FM. The result was a thank you and a similar request to remove all enabling links by which people going to that site might be assisted in securing free downloads of Marvel Comics. TorrentFreak has the story.

I notice that the story ends with a floating suggestion that the site might move to a server in Sweden. I know of political sites where people have apparently avoided action against them by having their sites hosted overseas when that person lived over seas, but while I don't know anything about any of the legal history, I can't imagine that automatically being a inviolable solution forever and ever for people doing their physical business here, the way that people who are working with or simply making use of non-US based and hosted gambling sites are starting to get hit. I'm happy to run letters telling me how stupid I am for believing that, though.

While we're throwing out things for which I'm likely to be called an idiot, I'm not sure why not having an equivalent model in place (downloads vs. subscription model web viewing) should open a company up to having other people do that for them. I dream of having a modest book collection of a strip I did out there someday. Because I don't yet, should someone be allowed to publish one? This stuff makes my head hurt.

This seems sort of related: a Japanese retail chain specializing in dojinshi manga and related good has opened a Download Store.
 
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