Lord_HaarT
The post was that the authors requested it. What does that mean? The authors don't have a complete understanding how their work is represented on this site? This is something supposed to have been discussed before publishing.
It does not matter if you are a subsidiary. The parties involved with the IP must have an understanding so there are no nasty surprises.
The reason why I called it piracy is because this happens in the music industry too - when licensors publish special editions/releases without prior approval, they get in trouble (happens in countries who think they can get away with it). If they do not work out an agreement, the licensor is fined and is told to destroy all copies as it is deemed pirated music.
To me, the same principle applies. If the author's contract says only the 1st 100 chapters are free, and they didn't bother to change those terms for the English release, then this site IS pirating their work (well, WAS, because they changed up).
What a fiasco.