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U.S., Japanese Publishers Unite Against Manga Scan Sites (Updated)
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Coalition with Japan's Digital Comic Association plans legal action on 30 scanlation sites
The 36 publishers in Japan's Digital Comic Association and several American publishers are forming a coalition to combat the "rampant and growing problem" of scanlations — illicit digital copies of manga either translated by fans or scanned directly from legitimate English releases.
The coalition asserts that "designed to read such sites as an escalation of the problem.
The coalition is reportedly threatening legal action against 30 scanlation sites, whose names were not revealed. The organization currently includes Japanese publishers Yen Press.
Source: Publishers Weekly
Update: Libre Shuppan.
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