Because if we're going to try and stop the misuse of our favorite comics and their protagonists by the companies that write and publish them, we've got to see what both the printed and online comics news is doing wrong. This blog focuses on both the good and the bad, the newspaper media and the online websites. Unabashedly. Unapologetically. Scanning the media for what's being done right and what's being done wrong.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Japan trying to stop manga piracy
The Wall Street Journal reports on how Japanese publishing companies are trying to put a stop to websites that post pirated "scanlations" of manga books without permits from the publishers.
Here's a related story of at least one publisher trying to work with "scanlators" to build a legal and financially beneficial relationship.
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