Bonus Post: JManga

During a Dec. 10, 2010, taping of Webcomics Weekly (episode #73), Scott Kurtz said the following around the 23:23 mark:

[Paraphrasing]

Scott: I -- and maybe I'll get over it -- when I buy an album on iTunes, I own it. Like, it's a file I can put on media. I can burn it on a CD or load it on different computers. I can take my music with me. But these comics we're buying -- on the Comixology app and all these iPad apps -- I don't own them. I'm essentially renting them

Dave: Yeah, you own access to them

Scott: I own access to them. There's no file anywhere. I can't put them anywhere.

Dave: Yeah, and if Comixology goes [under] next week, then you're boned.

Scott: ...all that money I spent is gone...

Well, Comixology is going strong, but the situationitself has happened.

According to Comic Beat:

It came in the night like an earthquake or a car crash: JManga, the digital manga portal set up by 39 of Japan’s migegst publishers, is shutting down. As of last night you could not make any more point purchases, as of the 26th you will no longer be able to purchase manga and as of May 30th the entire site goes away — taking all of the manga you bought with it.