-Licensing isn't always an issue since plenty of manga is unlicensed and therefore it isn't illegal to scan it.

You forgot to mention that Tazmo is a tentacle H-monster. And uses member money to fly to singapore and do naughty stuffs to farm animals.

the only other valid point i have is that even though what he is doing is illegal and immoral, it is their money he's scamming, thus, their choice to allow him the opportunity. if they're too ignorant and prideful to have an open mind then they obviously aren't worth your effort. the only truly helpful thing we can do is spread the word.

As to his followers...of course they would keep following! Afterall they don't know that they can get the same amount of manga and anime for free anywhere else or maybe they are just in selfdenial in having been ripped off!

my point in a few words (restatement): spread the word, we can't really do anything else since tazmo's followers seem committed to him already.

has anyone asked tazmo himself, why he's doing this?

I think a lot of people is missing the fact that first of all, charging for something that can be gotten for free is wrong.

With something that draws as much attention as money can easily turn that gray area of refudge into smitterines.

He's gaining PROFIT (in case for those kiddies out there who doesn't understand, he's getting more money than he actually needs to run the server. Hence he's actually making money.) from things that could be gotten for free, with our (again, scanlators, translators, edittors.) hard work.

I want all of you to remember, scanlating groups get NOTHING (money wise) out of scanlating manga for you all out there.

There is absolutely no justification for removing credit pages.

You can talk about copyrights and scanlations being illegal all you want, but nothing can justify Tazmo removing the credits to prevent others from knowing who did that hard work.

Actually there is.
(1) save space, and thus bandwidth. 200KB may not seem like much, but try 200KB for every chapter, times ######## hosted chapters.

(2) Remove distractions. When you're reading something volumes at a time, it can be distracting to see that same credits page every ~20 pages. Sure, it's not that hard to skip over it, but perhaps he doesn't like having it in.

(3) Some groups are idiots about it. Like, sometimes you'll see a credits page, a separate splash page, maybe a recruitment page, maybe a comments page, and so on. And then some groups like to include a dozen different versions of one page, colored by a dozen different idiots who think they're artistically talented because they don't need numbers to color. Hell, I've seen a 12MB release before, where 7 of those 12 megs weren't even the manga.

Try putting the credits in the page margins. I mean, really, how much space does it take to list four or five names. If he takes the time to edit those out, I'll be impressed.

Also, as a scanslator, is it really that horrible to not get recognition for what you did, from a bunch of people who don't know who you are, and will never visit your website or forum or irc channel? Even if he did include the credits, does it matter? It's not like your scanslation effort will help you get a job or anything meaningful, so is it really that painful for your online alter ego to receive a little less stroking?

Actually, lots of groups receive donations from fans who want to support their efforts. No, it's not as regular a source of income as fees, but morally, ethically, and legally, it's really the same.