Just a question, what's what made you stop some series when they get licensed but still continue in other ones (that also get licensed)? I mean, I ask why one yes and others don't, which points need to have a serie to be still upload here even after licensed.
I can't comment on this specific series at this point in time, however...The red box denotes something being Licensed
but not necessarily its upload status. It does say "licensed content will be removed" but this is just the remnant of an earlier policy that no longer applies. We ought to change it.
As Nevri notes, we aim to respect copyright holders and their claims - this is why Lezhin content is not uploaded, and why After Hours was removed (both of these cases are slightly unique in the sense that they were overseas claims, not licensing claims). We also aim to respect the wishes of artists and translators - if they ask us to remove their work, it will generally be removed.
On the issue of licensed content specifically, we will honour the copyright claim if it is made. Otherwise, we will honour the wishes of the group currently working on such a series. For example, Lililicious has an internal policy that they will drop licensed content and do their best to remove it from the internet. We respect their wishes and do our best to comply. I believe this is actually the case with Morinaga's work, as most of it was translated by Lililicious ages ago, and they don't want pirated versions of licensed manga being spread around. Other groups have their own policies, so if no outside claim is made, we will respect whatever they choose to do. As a general rule, we aim to not upload licensed content unless it is a long-running series that has already been here previously.
Keep in mind that we have very few hard rules and more usually operate from a principle or utilitarian position. If a series is dropped and removed by one group as a result of licensing, but another group picks it up, we'll evaluate what to do with it on a case-by-case basis. We're certainly not without our inconsistencies.
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