French Publishers Prevail Against Manga Pirate Site Japscan
On July 23, 2025, France’s Syndicat national de l’édition (SNE), supported by nine member publishers, secured a legal judgment in Paris to block access in France to Japscan—a notorious piracy site offering around 13,000 unlicensed manga, manhwa, manhua, and comics, visited by over 690,000 French users per month . This action builds on previous piracy enforcement success against Z‑Library and reaffirms SNE’s commitment to protecting intellectual property across global publishing markets . A 2025 Manga.io report noted that 83 % of manga readers in France use pirate sites, illustrating the scale of digital copyright infringement and driving SNE’s push for more robust enforcement powers under the French IP code .
