The Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered Cloudflare to pay ¥500 million ($3.2 million) to major Japanese publishers after the U.S. firm was accused of hosting servers for manga piracy sites.
Piracy is a long-running problem for Japan's internationally renowned manga industry, with publishers saying they lose millions in revenue as a result.
Four major publishing firms — Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa — accused Cloudflare of copyright infringement for its role in hosting sites that distribute pirated copies of manga titles.
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