Japan Launches Free Legal Service to Help Fight Overseas Pirate Sites
From a single piece of handcrafted manga to an entire musical album, copyright law offers protection to all creators. At…
From a single piece of handcrafted manga to an entire musical album, copyright law offers protection to all creators. At…
In the 2000s, Japan was a relatively safe place for people with a penchant for downloading content without paying for…
When YouTube first got off the ground in 2005, most of its users would’ve been oblivious to how closely copyright…
In 2012, Japan passed legislation that made it illegal to download unlicensed movies and music from the Internet. Eight years…
In the summer of 2017, some of the world’s largest entertainment groups formed a huge coalition with a mission to…
Following its launch in 2016, pirate manga site Mangamura grew to become one of the most successful sites of its…
In the summer we reported on an unusual situation in Japan where copyright holders felt that the rise of so-called…