Translated by CBR:
Several manga publishers have joined together to sue a massive pirating site for illegally distributing popular series, including One Piece and Overlord.
Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa are suing Mangamura, a site that pirated several of their most popular titles, according to Otaku Magazine. The suit is for 1.9 billion yen -- about $14.2 million USD -- a price that covers the estimated damages of seventeen pirated manga series. This number might still be a conservative estimate of the damages the publishers actually sustained, however, given that the seventeen titles listed in the lawsuit are far from the only titles pirated by Mangamura. Mangamura has been shut down, but the suit is a way for publishers to recoup a fraction of the damages caused by Mangamura and sites like it.
This is not the first time Mangamura has landed in deep water for pirating manga. Its administrator, Romi Hoshino, was found guilty of copyright infringement. Hoshino was sentenced to three years in prison. In addition, Hoshino was sentenced to pay two fines adding up to a combined total of 72 million yen -- over $650,000 in US dollars.
Several manga publishers have joined together to sue a massive pirating site for illegally distributing popular series, including One Piece and Overlord.
Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa are suing Mangamura, a site that pirated several of their most popular titles, according to Otaku Magazine. The suit is for 1.9 billion yen -- about $14.2 million USD -- a price that covers the estimated damages of seventeen pirated manga series. This number might still be a conservative estimate of the damages the publishers actually sustained, however, given that the seventeen titles listed in the lawsuit are far from the only titles pirated by Mangamura. Mangamura has been shut down, but the suit is a way for publishers to recoup a fraction of the damages caused by Mangamura and sites like it.
This is not the first time Mangamura has landed in deep water for pirating manga. Its administrator, Romi Hoshino, was found guilty of copyright infringement. Hoshino was sentenced to three years in prison. In addition, Hoshino was sentenced to pay two fines adding up to a combined total of 72 million yen -- over $650,000 in US dollars.
