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Originally Posted by dognheat View Post
Dear Anime/Manga fans:

This thread has enjoyed great success for many years and has become one of the popular threads on the forum, even though it fits a bit like a square peg in a round hole. Questions about how the rules apply here have been raised since the first post. Recently, Alex and the mods have discussed how to handle some obvious forum rule violations, particularly age, copyrights, rule 10 issues (r a p e, etc.), non-English text, scans of magazines (rule 11), and hardcore photos in a non-hardcore forum.

This thread will remain alive, but it needs a good cleaning, and clearer application of the rules. Therefore:

Violations:
The watermark/copyright rule (#6) applies. All pictures that violate this rule will be removed. We do this because sharing protected material threatens the forum. Lawsuits and legal threats cost time and money because they are clear violations of the law.
Rule 10 applies; violations will be removed.
Rule 8 applies (no underage material). This will be the toughest to apply, and judgment calls will be necessary.

Exceptions:
In an effort to keep all Anime/Manga material in one place, hardcore material may be posted here.
Scans from magazines and comics may be posted, so long as they do not display a clear copyright notification. DO NOT crop or remove copyrights and watermarks to circumvent this rule.
Non-English language is permissible in the images, but may not be typed by the poster.

Judgement calls will be necessary. It appears the judgement is to remove the images in question.