Manga artist on scanlations: “I am not in a financial position to offer my work free-of-charge” soranews24.com

Boys’ love artist expresses frustrations in English message to fans.
I am not in a financial position to offer my work free-of-charge, and the money that is spent on illegal copies DOES NOT benefit me.
The counterargument to that, though, is that the preexistence of unauthorized scanlations makes official English versions of Machiya’s work less likely to be produced.
Yes, extra hard-core fans may shell out for an official English release after reading, and enjoying, a scanlation.
The counter to that counter, then becomes that if scanlations help develop an artist’s overseas fanbase, it makes their next series more likely to get an official English version.