{"id":215453,"date":"2021-03-31T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tokyo-court-rules-that-manga-spoiler-sites-infringe-copyright\/"},"modified":"2021-03-31T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T09:56:33","slug":"tokyo-court-rules-that-manga-spoiler-sites-infringe-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tokyo-court-rules-that-manga-spoiler-sites-infringe-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tokyo Court Rules That Manga ‘Spoiler Sites’ Infringe Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Tokyo Court Rules That Manga<\/a> ‘Spoiler Sites’ Infringe Copyright<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Shogakukan offices (image via <\/span>NHK<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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A Tokyo District Court ruled last Friday that “spoiler sites,” websites<\/span><\/a> that post images and story sections from leaked and unreleased manga chapters,\u00a0infringe on the copyright of the author and publishing company. The court has ordered that the domain and server information for a certain website be handed over to the publishing company who brought the claim to court, Shogakukan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Shogakukan brought the claim to the\u00a0Tokyo District Court when the author of\u00a0Kengan Omega<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0Yabako Sandrovich, had flagged a certain website that was posting information and pictures on 63 chapters that had not yet released on\u00a0Shogakukan’s MangaONE digital manga service prior to the release of the chapters. Staff at MangaONE has claimed that “spoiler sites” had become a major issue with unreleased chapters, especially during the pandemic, and has alleged\u00a0that these sites have earned a substantial amount of advertising revenue from these leaks.<\/p>\n

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Shogakukan and other publishers have been going after unauthorized uploaders of manga chapters that popped up, with the editor of Attack on Titan<\/strong><\/em> at Kodansha publically<\/span><\/a> saying\u00a0they have “begun to take legal actions against several accounts & individuals.”<\/p>\n

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The website information of the owner of a certain “spoiler site” has been ordered by the Tokyo District Court to handed to\u00a0Shogakukan and the creators of\u00a0Kengan Omega<\/strong><\/em> to claim damages.<\/p>\n

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Source: NHK<\/span><\/a>, NHK World Japan<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"Try<\/a><\/p>\n

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News<\/a>. He also runs a YouTube<\/a> channel about Japan stuff called\u00a0TheDoctorDazza<\/a>, tweets at\u00a0@DoctorDazza<\/a>,\u00a0and posts photos of his travel<\/a>s on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n