Japan's Digital Comic Association and numerous American publishers recently joined together to form a coalition against scanlations. The coalition of 43 corporations asserts that scanlation aggregators currently host "thousands of pirated titles" as they earn revenue at the creators' expenses, undermine foreign licensing opportunities, and cannibalize legitimate sales. The coalition threatened legal action against thirty scanlation sites, whom they declined to name. Earlier today, scanlation aggregator Manga Helpers announced that they will cease operations immediately.

The coalition includes the following members:

• Square-Enix
• Viz Media
• TOKYOPOP
• Vertical, Inc.
• Tuttle-Mori Agency
• Yen Press
• Akane Shinsha
• Akita Shoten
• ASCII Media Works
• East Press
• Ichijinsha
• Enterbrain
• Okura Shuppan
• Ohzora Shuppan
• Gakken
• Kadokawa Shoten
• Gentosha Comica
• Kodansha
• Jitsugyo no Nihonsha
• Shueisha
• Junet
• Shogakukan
• Shogakukan Shueisha Production
• Shodensha
• Shonen Gahosha
• Shinshokan
• Shinchosha
• Take Shobo
• Tatsumi Shuppan
• Tokuma Shoten
• Nihon Bungeisha
• Hakusensha
• Fujimi Shobo
• Fusosha
• Futabasha
• France Shoin
• Bunkasha
• Houbunsha
• Magazine House
• Media Factory
• Leed Sha
• Libre Shuppan