i feel that if the artist doesnt authorize translating this work in english, then we aren't his/her target audience anyways.
So, the artist really doesnt stand to loose nething, so the matter of stealing it is irrelevant. we aren't showing him the middlefinger, he is ... and we are going abt our ways w/o damaging ne1 other than a if you consider a small group of people who know both japanese and english && were gonna purchase the copy but wont now 'cause they're getting it here for free.