What is it about?
Hi! You might have heard news about multiple publishing companies, authors, and artists of different manhwas speaking up about uploading and sharing panels of their works online illegally. In line with this, there are now 'ground' rules that we must follow and respect to avoid misunderstandings between the readers and the creators.
Here's an in depth notice about sharing manhwa panels online from copin comics: full thread
RULES WHEN REPOSTING PANELS
++ these rules are summarized and compiled from different sources as of June - July 2021 ++
post at your own risk but never post locked chapters! :)
POLARFOX WORKS
You cannot screenshot panels from the latest chapter on the korean kakaopage. You are only allowed to repost the latest panels/previews that have been posted from the artists. if you want to share panels from older chapters, it is limited to 1-3 panels.
here are some works under polarfox:
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There are also some artists like "Little Rabbit and the Big Bad Leopard"'s and "I Dream of Health, Wealth, and a Long Life" artists have stated to only share what they have posted for the panels, and provide official links/titles when posting
COPIN COMICS
You are allowed to screenshot and post 1 to 2 panels but it is much better to take the panels from artist's post/tweets.
click here for Coffee with Copin's full thread
POCKET COMICS (COMICO)
DAON & ANTSTUDIO
Manhwa under Daon, you can only share preview posts/covers coming from publisher's or artist's posts/tweets.
Even If the manhwa is released under Kakao webtoon/KKP but the publishing company is from Daon Studio, do not share panels that are beyond what the artist/company have posted online.
Manhwa under Ant studio, the publisher doesn't allow it due to copyright and to prevent the leakage of paid contents of the their artist's works, so images other than the cover are not allowed.
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here are some works under daon:
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here are some works under antstudio:
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NAVER
Naver is taking down posts or tweets for copyright infringement. This also applies to panels published under Naver Series, Naver Webtoon & Line Webtoon due to posts/tweets without the watermarks, official titles, or links.
There are no sources so far indicating this applies to works created by non Korean artists. For safety purposes, it is best to have the watermark attached and/ indicate the official title and link when posting.
REMINDER: DO NOT SHARE LOCKED CHAPTERS OF ANY WEBTOON! It is the same for the rest of the manhwa that have locked chapters.
LEZHIN COMICS
click here for fan arts & copyright infringement
here are works published under lezhin (majority are from kidari studios) that sharing of screenshots online are limited (1-10 panels) or not allowed:
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if you want to post panels from lezhin platforms, indicate the legal site or link, and official title to avoid getting reported. Also, showing your purchase under the post/tweet is recommended.
KIDARI STUDIO
Similar to Naver, Kidari Studio are taking down posts or tweets containing their artist's works/panels without official links or titles. Panels of the artist's works under Kidari Studio are not to be shared online.
here are some works under kidari studio:
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