User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 594 (something something ech)/@comment-1351982-20140827110059/@comment-1351982-20140827235441

The nicest thing about Viz is that they allow you to download the magazine to keep forever. So I actually haven't bought a volume in years. Plus I get series that I don't like enough to buy individually but like enough. So in other words I pay for 4 volumes per series they run and only pay $25 for it a year (actually Viz ran a promotion awhile back and I'm only paying $20 a year) but I understand that's not an option for everyone, which is sad. But the fact is, for lack of a better term, the Japanese don't give a shit about us. The piracy is mainly to combat leaks for the Japanese readers and I think this is the right step. Instead of just going after the sites, going after the source is more effective. We are simply a third party and we are such a niche market that despite all the piracy we don't really affect Japan's bottom line (American publishers, different story).