Japan's new digital chief called out for image copyright gaffe
A blog post by Yoko Ishikura published last displayed a low-resolution image with a "Pixta" watermark, a breach of the stock photo platform's terms of service.
Websites and apps featuring pirated movies and TV shows make about $1.3 billion from advertising each year, including from major companies like Amazon.com Inc., according to a study.
Google fined $593 million by French antitrust agency
The tech giant is increasingly paying publishers worldwide, but on its own terms.
Fast movies, edited without permission of copyright holders, are each about 10 minutes long and give brief explanations about the stories.
Ex-illegal manga site operator slapped with three-year prison sentence
The Manga-Mura website is believed to have caused the manga industry losses of over ¥300 billion.
China makes us rethink capitalism
Make no mistake: China is in many important ways a capitalist country; but Chinese capitalism is a very different animal from that practiced in the West.
Artist wins copyright claim over goldfish-filled phone booth
In its defense, a merchant's association which erected a similar work in Nara Prefecture claimed that putting goldfish into a phone booth is "nothing but an idea."
Japan bans pirated manga downloads with copyright control law
Penalties for repeat offenders will be up to two years in jail or a maximum fine of ¥2 million ($18,320), or both.
Japan to expand online piracy law to cover manga and magazines
The government on Tuesday approved a bill to expand the nation's anti-online piracy law to encompass manga, magazines and academic texts. The current law only applies to the illicit downloading of music and videos. But following the revision of the copyright law, which the government ...
Japan government panel reduces scope of draft law on downloading of copyrighted works
A government panel approved a plan Wednesday to limit the scope of what is considered illegal downloading of any copyrighted work — including manga, computer games and literary writings — reversing its initial plan to restrict such online activity more broadly. The Cultural Affairs Agency ...
Illegal Japanese manga site operators used overseas banks to conceal money: investigative sources
Operators of the now-closed pirate site Manga-Mura, formerly one of the largest illegal Japanese comics-viewing websites and host of popular manga such as "One Piece," used multiple bank accounts overseas to conceal the flow of money, investigative sources said Wednesday. Police believe 27-year-old Romi Hoshino, ...
Alleged operator of illegal manga site arrested while being deported from the Philippines
Japanese police arrested a 27-year-old man aboard a plane Tuesday as he was being deported by Philippines immigration authorities, for allegedly operating an illegal manga-viewing website that hosted copies of popular comics such as "One Piece." Romi Hoshino, who had been wanted over copyright infringement ...
