user3650: I was wondering but is the site batoto a legal manga reading site or not? I noticed on an answer on this question: How did the Female Titan cut Eren's titan form? has a link, linking to Batoto.
Batoto sounds legal when I was Google Searching it. I have used this site before and enjoy high quality manga and minimal ad's etc however I am probably guessing just like all other manga reading sites on the internet, this ones probably illegal too.
So is Batoto legal?

user27: We've already had this discussion. We are not lawyers and not meant to be. If the link supplements the answer and adds details, it's not our position to deal with the legality of links.
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Of course, if the question itself is seeking advice on where to get unlicensed media or about sites with questionable legality, (i.e. the answer will 100% be bad), feel free to close, delete and flag.

user24: Batoto distributes unlicensed manga for free, so it's pretty safe to say that it's illegal. They do remove manga once they're officially licensed overseas, which I guess is better than some other sites, but it's still not a licensed provider of any manga I know of. 
Moreover, Batoto is one of the many targets of the recent crackdown by the Japanese government on piracy sites:

 Thanks to Krazer for the image.
Based on that, it seems pretty clear that for our purposes, this isn't the kind of site we want to be advertising or asking about.

3650: <p>I was wondering but is the site batoto a legal manga reading site or not? I noticed on an answer on this question: <em><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5197/how-did-the-female-titan-cut-erens-titan-form?answertab=active#tab-top">How did the Female Titan cut Eren&#39;s titan form?</a></em> has a link, linking to Batoto.</p>

<p>Batoto sounds legal when I was Google Searching it. I have used this site before and enjoy high quality manga and minimal ad's etc however I am probably guessing just like all other manga reading sites on the internet, this ones probably illegal too.</p>

<p>So is Batoto legal?</p>
 27: <p>We've already had this discussion. We are not lawyers and not meant to be. If the link supplements the answer and adds details, it's not our position to deal with the legality of links.</p>

<p>If Stack Exchange receives a takedown notice, the staff will handle it, or instruct us moderators to handle it.</p>

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<p>Of course, if the question itself is seeking advice on where to get unlicensed media or about sites with questionable legality, (i.e. the answer will 100% be bad), feel free to close, delete and flag.</p>
 24: <p>Batoto distributes unlicensed manga for free, so it's pretty safe to say that it's illegal. They do remove manga once they're officially licensed overseas, which I guess is better than some other sites, but it's still not a licensed provider of any manga I know of. </p>

<p>Moreover, Batoto is one of the many targets of the <a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/07/30/national/japan-begins-anti-piracy-campaign-300-internet-sites/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">recent crackdown</a> by the Japanese government on piracy sites:</p>

<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AeD5m.png" alt="enter image description here">
<sub> Thanks to Krazer for the image.</sub></p>

<p>Based on that, it seems pretty clear that for our purposes, this isn't the kind of site we want to be advertising or asking about.</p>
