Tokyopop Fall Down, Going Pff.

[Berk]

One has the luxury of believing in the economic theories of a bunch of guys on the internet who think their downloading free stuff helps the industry, or the economic theories of the actual industry, who make their living selling these things. This is not limited to manga, but definitely includes it, on both sides of the Pacific (indeed, the Japanese are far more anti-piracy than the US companies).

I'm inclined to listen to the economists running the studies, as opposed to the publishers who are getting called on the carpet by their own artists for mismanagement.

There's a reason Ken Akamatsu is getting into the downloadable manga business.
- Grumpy Uncle Gearhead