Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-410526-20151118175737/@comment-5231660-20151124072414

(After my earlier comment, I looked into the issue. My findings are as such)

For the record, seeking out and reading the manga on a scanlation site is not illegal in the United States. Downloading and distributing it is in fact illegal though, and sharing a link on a site such as this is considered distribution. Just running to a place like mangastream and reading it yourself is not illegal, but as far as the wiki is concerned, linking people directly to the manga or the scanlation site makes you a distributor. Also, copyright infringement is also dependent on possession as well, which is what makes downloading the manga illegal. When you read on a scanlation site, you do not actually POSSESS the manga, nor have you distributed it personally.

The scanlation site itself is illegal, but that is of course on them, as they are the ones who directly possess and distribute the scans.

Based on these findings, any linking on the wiki or in the chat should be considered distribution and thus not allowed, but I can't in good conscience say that somebody saying "go to mangastream" as illegal or against the rules.