Summary
Japanese authorities are cracking down on manga and anime piracy with arrests, website shutdowns and setting important precedents globally. The arrest and imprisonment of illegal anime website operators in China marks a significant victory in the fight against piracy. Manga piracy has slowed due to a collective effort from major publishers, serving as a warning to others running illegal websites.
The crackdown illegal manga and anime The sharing just reached its peak when Japanese authorities took down an international piracy website operating in China and the owner was arrested and prosecuted. This is the first time a crackdown on piracy has been carried out globally, showing how serious the authorities are in curbing this harmful practice.
Over the past few weeks, Japanese authorities have been cracking down on manga piracy. Law enforcement has been active in arresting people who distribute copyrighted material illegally, and this has resulted in many leak accounts and scanning sites being shut down.
This effort has reached its peak one of the largest illegal anime websites, B9GOOD, is shut down. This is an important step forward not only because the site is used by more than 300 million people, but also because it shows that, regardless of country, no one is safe from copyright infringement.
The era of anime piracy may be coming to an end
The owner and operator of illegal anime streaming website B9GOOD was arrested and jailed for three years
According to the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) website, the owner and operator of illegal anime streaming website B9GOOD was arrested and jailed for three years, as well as was fined $250,000 for copyright infringement. This website is operated in Jiangsu province, China and this man along with three others were jailed for uploading over 45,880 anime to their website. This is the first time someone outside of Japan has been jailed for distributing copyrighted animeset an important precedent.
CODA hopes that the latest discovery and ruling against such a malicious website will have a significant impact in preventing similar pirate websites from operating. CODA will continue to actively act against the growing number of online violations worldwide, even when those violations take place overseas, and will continue to work to eliminate content abuse Japanese.
This arrest is the culmination of years of efforts by CODA to take down the website, after filing a complaint against the website owner in 2016. Although Chinese authorities have taken action to shut down the website but it was reopened under a different name. This site is the largest pirate site used in Japan and has caused great damage to the industry and contributed to bankruptcy. The anime industry lost $13 billion due to copyright infringement.
Manga piracy has slowed significantly with the arrest of two foreigners, on two separate occasions, responsible for leaking chapters and panels before official release. This collective effort by the largest publishers such as Sheuisha, Kodansha, and Shokagukan, among others, has had a tremendous effect in preventing others from operating such websites.
In the wake of manga piracy, illegal anime websites are also being targeted by authorities as the fight against piracy intensifies. Unfortunately, many fans still use illegal sources for anime and manga, but the recent news is still a clear message to the operators of such websites around the world that the authorities will take legal action to stop the harmful practice that has plagued the industry for years. .
Source: CODA, MangaMogura.