piracy

Foreigners arrested in Japan on charges of posting manga images before official on-sale date

Multiple prefectures’ police forces coordinate for arrest of pair on piracy charges.

Read More

Japan’s newest perfume will make you smell like a movie bootlegger

Japan’s favorite anti-piracy mascots get their own fragrances.

Read More

Japanese police make first-ever YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay videos

Past decisions about time travel video game/anime franchise comes back to haunt him.

Read More

Japan’s favorite anti-piracy mascots become fashion models【Video】

Ah, the classic career path from copyright infringement PSAs to the runway.

Read More

Tokyo woman in trouble with the law after selling high-priced Evangelion bootleg posters

Fans of the anime baffled by backgrounds for Rei Ayanami posters.

Read More

Nintendo is suing Bowser to stop his latest evil plan

King of the Koopas remains in fine legal standing, but someone with his namesake is headed to the courtroom.

Read More

Kodansha promises worldwide prosecution of illegal uploaders of Attack on Titan

Warning posted in English and Japanese comes just days before manga’s series finale.

Read More

Evangelion creators issue multilingual warning for pirated copies, preview final film’s third act

Official videos’ beautiful, unexpected scenes promise a finale worth waiting for.

Read More

Online manga piracy surging by users in Japan as people are stuck at home during the pandemic

Industry group gives staggering figure for cost of pirated manga in just one month.

Read More

If you’re reading pirated manga, one artist would prefer you just not read their work at all

“We’re not drawing manga as volunteers.”

Read More

Japan’s favorite anti-piracy ads are back with an action-packed reboot after six-year break

Yes, Japan has a favorite series of anti-piracy ads.

Read More

Weekly Shonen Jump manga pirate given three-year suspended prison sentence in China

The long arm of Japanese publisher Shueisha’s manga law reaches all the way to Shanghai.

Read More

Manga artist on scanlations: “I am not in a financial position to offer my work free-of-charge”

Boys’ love artist expresses frustrations in English message to fans.

Read More

Japan’s most-wanted manga pirate forcibly repatriated, arrested as he enters Japanese airspace【Vid】

Manga Mura administrator was taken into custody in the Philippines two months ago.

Read More

Japanese manga publishers file lawsuit in New York against four pirate sites

Claim that websites are “successors” to infamous Manga Mura manga pirating site.

Read More

Japan’s most-wanted manga pirate arrested in the Philippines, facing deportation

Government official calls 28-year-old “a risk to public safety and security.”

Read More

POKÉMON Detective Pikachu: Full Picture leaked online ahead of Pokémon film’s official release

Can’t resist taking a sneak peek? OK, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Read More

Foreign resident arrested in Japan for illegally BitTorrent uploading anime

You might have thought no one cares about the series that he got caught for, but they do, and his total damages are estimated at 1.8 billion yen.

Read More

Japanese court orders YouTube to cooperate in shutting down “manga spoiler” videos

Tokyo court rules that reposting dialogue alone would have been enough for it to rule in manga publisher’s favor.

Read More

Thousands of anime fans gather for public screenings of new Dragon Ball episode in Latin America

Fans in North, Central, and South America cheer on Goku in his latest fight, but rights holder Toei isn’t nearly as happy.
Read More

  1. 1
  2. 2