Man arrested for allegedly illegally uploading popular 'One Piece' on manga-viewing website
A 37-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly engaging in the management of an illegal manga-viewing website that hosted copies of "One Piece." Wataru Adachi is suspected of uploading unauthorized image files of the megahit comic in May 2017 on Mangamura, a website that allowed ...
A government panel has resumed talks on measures against pirate websites where manga and other content are uploaded without the permission of copyright holders. At a meeting of an expert panel of the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters on Friday, some participants stressed the need to ...
Urgent steps must be taken against piracy websites, but caution is also needed in introducing broad regulations that could have various side effects on internet activities.
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom suffered a major setback in his epic legal battle against online piracy charges Thursday when New Zealand's Court of Appeal ruled he was eligible for extradition to the United States. The German national, who is accused of netting millions from his ...
Japanese police probe Mangamura website over copyright violation claims
The police have opened an investigation into the now-blocked Mangamura website after publishers last year filed copyright violation claims against the provider of pirated comics, investigative sources said Monday. The website, which once drew over 100 million visitors a month, has been inaccessible since April, ...
NTT unit sued over plan to block sites hosting pirated manga
A lawyer sued a unit of NTT Corp. on Thursday demanding the network operator halt its plan to block access to websites that allow visitors to read pirated comics and books. The lawyer, Yuichi Nakazawa of Saitama Prefecture, said in the first such known lawsuit ...
Japan's NTT to block websites with links to pirated manga, anime and other content
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Monday it will block access to websites that link visitors to sites where they can read pirated comics and books, in line with a recent government request. A government panel decided on a tentative plan earlier this month to ...
St. Helena's cherished lifeline ship to return as anti-piracy armory in Gulf of Oman
The RMS St. Helena, Britain's last working postal ship, was for nearly three decades the main source of contact between one of humanity's remotest islands and the outside world. Now the ship, cherished by the 4,500 residents of British-ruled St. Helena, will start a new ...
Japan calls for 'emergency measure' blocking access to websites that pirate manga and anime
A government report calls for taking an “emergency measure” to block access to websites that pirate anime and manga, including Mangamura, Anitube and Miomio.
Is 'No Postage Necessary,' Hollywood's first blockchain movie, the first step toward ending piracy?
A few years behind Wall Street, Hollywood is turning to the technology behind cryptocurrencies to distribute movies, a development hailed as the beginning of the end for piracy. Leading the charge is "No Postage Necessary," a romantic indie comedy about a luckless hacker that is ...
Japan to build four radar stations for the Philippines to counter piracy surge, sources say
Japan will build four coast guard radar stations on islands in the Sulu Celebes Seas separating the Philippines and Indonesia to help Manila counter a surge in piracy by Islamic insurgents, two sources said. An agreement to fund the facilities and provide training to local ...
Nine arrested for operating website linked to pirated Japanese-language comics
Police arrested nine people on suspicion of copyright law violations Tuesday in connection with a website containing links to other sites that give visitors access to pirated comics and books. The nine, including men in their early 20s, are suspected of uploading pirated comics to ...
