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How can the author say they are desperate and that illegal reading "is killing them" and they get no money and then place a 1000$ (A THOUSAND freaking DOLLARS) PRIZE for anyone who has info on the illegal uploader. They are not desperate they are crazy.

That's definitely crazy due to the desperation and stress over this matter for months.

PEOPLE, humans, ARE capable of anything when they are desperate. One should NEVER underestimate, undermine or even smile at the severity of their despair, their problems, their worries and their grief!

When it comes to survival, whatever means is right.
And honestly, as long as licensed korean webtoons continue to find their way to illegal sites and every illegal reader continues to believe that this is something normal, something which will help the author (lmao), believe that illegal readers are entitled, have their special rights because they are all underage or broke, the authors are FORCED to take more blatant measures .

Do you actually know how many of these authors have other side jobs because the little they earn with the publication of their webtoons cannot finance their living, even though they actually plan it and want to do so but can't?

Yes, we smile at them all, that they even get the idea to have such wishes and ideas, because compared to other jobs, the job of an author is nothing. It's their own fault that they chose this profession. We just don't care.

In my opinion, this has to stop.
We're all too greedy.
I have no problem with unlicensed works being translated by scangroups, but licensed works should no longer be stolen.
That would be a bit of a human compromise, wouldn't it?

And above all, it does not make any sacrifices, right?

And to come back to your comment: We cannot guess the extent of the emotional and psychological state in which the author is, but it has to be in a state of utter hopelessness.

Just a little more understanding, less indifference, more awareness, nothing more, it's very simple.
We are all part of the community. And we are all to blame.
Instead of making fun of a person's psyche and reactions via all available social media channels, we should all be intelligent enough to ask what reasons are behind it, to what extent we are responsible for and what we can do better in the future.

A little more decency does no harm, even among each other.

I didn't plan to write that much at all.
We all have no reason to be offended.

Does desperation excuse doxxing, putting a bounty on somebody's head, xenophobia/racism and death threats? No. Their mental health does not excuse any of these. How about we don't support an author all willy nilly cause they are uwu hurt because people illegally read their stuff when they have done all of these and acted like a physco online and offline.

yep yep not to mention other authors have already come forward professionally by contacting uploaders privately to remove their works from illegal website and it has been done with respect and no drama. In this case the author's behavior has gone way overboard and has also crossed the boundaries of legality, especially since the uploader HAS ALREADY fulfilled their end of the bargain by apologizing and making mgg delete the chapters. It does not excuse her crazy behavior

We are running in circles. I already mentioned that I am not thrilled and happy about every sentence the author has uttered on social media.

However, this doesn't matter.

All sides are to blame, but the situation would not even exist in the first place if illegal readers had not continued to publish chapters of the manhwa.
If everyone continues to feel entitled to upload chapters because it serves a community which shares the same suffering, situations like these will occur in the future.

This is not a feat. Not a heroic act of a Robin Hood. This is where people who are already in a not so good situation are being robbed.

This is not about justification.
The unauthorized publication of licensed manhwas must be prevented.
All of this is the result of many unsuccessful calls for rescue by the author.
But of course that part is ignored.
What I think of the author doesn't matter here either, I have my own opinion on that, too.

So please do not continue to distract from the basic problem.
The topic is not worthy of any fundamental discussion.

If someone has a problem with how the author dealt with the situation, they should take legal action or ask a lawyer they trust whether the behavior, the public denunciation and requests for real contact information in the form of a call out and baiting are legally permitted.
You can also contact Lezhin right away.
Instead of crying around in public, I also advise here: always choose the right form of contact.

Be brave in the right place.

Sorry but YES. Desperation causes you do many crazy things. She's not just "uwu hurt" or whatever you say. Mind you she's not a free artists but she produces art to sell. She's getting stolen and is losing profits. It's reasonable

I heard she got mad at someone who bought the chapters legally. Apparently, the author thought that the person illegally read her chapters but was proven wrong when screenshot of proof were shown. But she still acted crazy and psychotic. Ofc, I'm not entirely sure how much of this is true but I've heard from many sources saying similar things. Idk about you but I don't think this behaviour is bcs she's desperate. She was still rude to someone who gave her definite proof that they bought the chapters legally. If you wanna try and justify all her actions bcs of this one incident, you're mistaken bcs she's been like that for some time now.

After reading your comment I agree that she's definitely rude and went a bit over the top when reacting to illegal readers, but i still cant put all the blame on her completely :( i'm just saying she's being mad MAD is reasonable even though it's not nice to hear. But i wont justify her actions anymore. Thank u for explaining btw!

Just to clarify she's not the artist she's only rhw author.