Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Defending Comics' legal rights since 1986! Posts by Interim Director Jeff Trexler; are not legal advice. (Verified but did not buy premium account.)

[山田太郎 ⋈（参議院議員・全国比例） @yamadataro43]

【表現の自由と漫画業界を守り、コンテンツ産業を第二の基幹産業に！MANGA議連総会に148名が出席】国内外で広がる表現規制、海外プラットフォームに取られている高額の手数料、海賊版サイトによる無断転載。これらは、表現の自由を脅かすだけでなく、漫画家・出版社・クリエイターに本来還元されるべき利益を奪っている深刻な問題です。

6月19日、私も役員を務める「マンガ・アニメ・ゲームに関する議員連盟」、通称MANGA議連総会に出席しました。今回は漫画をテーマに、雷句誠先生、肉丸先生、稲垣理一郎先生、畑健二郎先生、ヒロユキ先生といった5名もの現役漫画家の皆さま、そして関連の団体の皆さまからご出席いただき、漫画業界の現状と課題について直接お話を伺いました。参加した国会議員は、片山財務大臣、林総務大臣、小野田内閣府特命担当大臣（クールジャパン戦略、知的財産戦略等）をはじめ、超党派で計148名。私は、発足時からのメンバーですが、今回の盛会は感慨深いものがあります。漫画業界、コンテンツ政策への関心の高まりを強く感じました。

漫画業界は、電子書籍やメディアミックスの拡大により成長する一方で、物価が上昇しているのに原稿料が上がらない、電子書籍やIP収益の配分が見えにくい、海外プラットフォームによる表現規制への不安があるなど、現場には切実な声があります。
また、パロディ・二次創作について、これまで総理の国会答弁等で萎縮を避ける必要性に言及されてきましたが、今回のMANGA議連の総会でも改めてそのことが確認されました。自由で豊かな二次創作の土壌は、次世代クリエイターを育て、日本のコンテンツ文化を支えてきたものであり、決して損なわれてはなりません。
権利保護と利用促進のバランスを取りながら、創作活動が萎縮しない環境を守っていきます。

さらに、海賊版サイト対策も待ったなしです。関連団体の報告では、2026年4月1日現在で把握している出版物海賊版サイトは919サイト。日本向けサイトは減少しているが、海外向け翻訳海賊版サイトによる被害が拡大しており、被害額は2025年度で年間8兆5000億円と推計されています。民間だけに対応を委ねるのではなく、政府として、国際捜査共助や現地当局との連携を含め、官民連携による国際的な執行体制を抜本的に強化する必要があります。
合法な作品が販売・決済から排除されたり高額なプラットフォーム手数料を取られる一方で、違法な海賊版が利益を奪う。この現状を放置すれば、日本が誇るコンテンツ産業は衰退してしまいます。

政府の「戦略17分野」にコンテンツが位置づけられ、漫画も期待されています。しかし、ただ政府文書に記載するだけでは意味がありません。
表現の自由を守る。クリエイターに正当な利益を返す。
漫画を安心して描き、売り、届けられる環境をつくる。

引き続き、表現の自由・クリエイター支援・コンテンツ保護のために全力で取り組みます。

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Maus removed again, this time in Idaho. https://t.co/MEVsRAA9G4

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

@KodanshaManga @humble Here's the direct link to the @KodanshaManga @humble @humblebooks bundle supporting @cbldf! https://t.co/79Ay7Kyo3a

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Final two days to support @cbldf w/ this amazing @KodanshaManga bundle @humble!

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Here's more on the case that's being heard on appeal right now, including a link to the law. https://t.co/Wf2ZuF4v19

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Listening to 8th Circuit oral argument appeal in our challenge to Arkansas law that would send librarians to jail for allegedly inappropriate material (target: graphic novels). Will lower court victory vs. law be affirmed?

[Forbidden Planet NYC @FPNYC]

We don’t often post about things like this. This feels different.

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis wasn’t just a graphic novel. It changed the public perception of what comics could do, and who they could speak for.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56. https://t.co/WQWxavBm5l

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

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[Kodansha Manga @KodanshaManga]

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[Thirsty’s New and Used @SudduthPhillip]

More Fund Comics is a 2003 benefit anthology comic book created to raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF).

The CBLDF is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 to protect the First Amendment rights of comics creators, publishers, retailers, and readers. It provides legal aid in cases involving censorship, obscenity charges, and challenges to free expression in the comics medium (e.g., defending retailers arrested over specific titles or fighting book bans).

It's a star-spangled anthology (trade paperback) featuring short original stories, pin-ups, and sketches from dozens of top-name comics creators. It includes premieres of new concepts and a “CBLDF Sketchbook" section.

Notable contributors include George Pérez (who did this Hulk cover), Geoff Johns, Frank Cho, Adam Hughes, John Romita, Mike Oeming, Erik Larsen, Scot Kolins, Jerry Ordway, Stan Sakai, and many others.

It followed the earlier Fund Comics and was succeeded by Even More Fund Comics. The first volume reportedly helped raise significant dollars (tens of thousands) for CBLDF's legal defense work.

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Suing the Trump admin gets most att’n, but all should note targeting of auction co. over promo use of songs. TikTok etc is getting us used to adding music to what are effectively ads online; it’s a widely unacknowledged risk.

[billboard @billboard]

Good Grief: ‘Peanuts’ Music Owners Launch Legal Blitz Over ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Songs
https://t.co/QFj3KZkt5b

[Publishers Weekly @PublishersWkly]

The Authors Guild is collecting information from authors whose publishers failed to register their books with the U.S. Copyright Office, and who believe they were excluded from the ‘Bartz v. Anthropic’ class action settlement as a result. https://t.co/hkH9sKKOFb

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Ending within the hour – support @cbldf with this epic @dynamite @humble bundle!

[Humble Bundle @humble]

Last call on The Boys: The Grand Finale comic bundle and titles like:

- The Boys Volume 1 - 12
- The Boys: Dear Becky Issues 1 - 8
- Supports @cbldf | https://t.co/6RSC0h4ss6

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

@bakedpotatofrfr EU is a global leader in restricting access to adult material, so I’m personally not optimistic about ECHR as a safeguard.

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Payment providers are themselves caught in web of U.S. lawsuits vs. credit card companies for accepting payments for adult material; U.S. laws; EU, other laws internationally; impetus to minimize risk in compliance, legal dep'ts. AI monitoring levels up all.

[くりした善行 (Zenko)🇯🇵無所属/Anti-Censorship/C107 31日ツ01b @zkurishi]

Paypalが、成人向け作品のコミッション支払いを受け取るクリエイターに対して、永久的なアカウント制限等の実施を行っているという報告が増えています。昨日は、Kickstarterに対して決済プロセッサーであるStripeが規制強化を要請していたことが明らかにされましたが、これら金融検閲の流れは今なお世界的に強まっており、表現内容への介入を防ぐ法的対応や、自由が担保された決済手段の確保を進める必要があります。

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

@Yukari_Chan21 Working on it — this situation is even more complex than a court case.

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

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[Deb Aoki @debaoki]

This is the company managing works like “Lone Wolf & Cub”

“The copyright management of manga creator Kazuo Koike's works was handled by Kazuo Koike Works Dissemination Association Co. Ltd., which received a bankruptcy commencement order from the Tokyo District Court on May 14.”

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

@Kougeru Common allegations include claims that adult material involves/leads to human trafficking, child abuse, mental health issues, etc. Legality varies in jurisdictions; risk minimization is impetus to restrict more than bounded range of material in violation.

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

@Vee_cxvi Google has had the capacity to scan those files for years. It’s ostensibly to stop malware, but that’s only one of many things prohibited by its TOS.

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

Google canceling accounts due to Gmail and Drive content is a serious issue. We had a related issue – Gmail started filtering out our legal defense correspondence after the lawyer trying to censor Gender Queer filed a brief alleging it was CSAM.

[Togetter（トゥギャッター） @togetter_jp]

昔描いたマンガのデータをドライブにアップしたら警告が出て再審査請求も却下されGoogleのアカウントをBANされた話…対策のアドバイスが集合 https://t.co/IwPE3B0XuP.

[Comic Book Legal Defense Fund @CBLDF]

@weightless14 @ProtonPrivacy Thinking about it. I’m concerned that we are one case away from waking up to deleted accounts.