Manga Publishers Seek Google Analytics Data to Back $14m Piracy Damages Claim
Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. In Japan, manga comics are a particularly popular category….
Despite the growing availability of legal options, online piracy remains rampant. In Japan, manga comics are a particularly popular category….
Manga comics are popular around the globe in a content category that has seen piracy grow significantly in recent years….
Multi-point, ongoing collisions between rightsholders, pirate sites, pirates and copyright law, are what fuel our daily reporting. The pumps rarely…
An announcement by the Brazilian government in February revealed that “the two biggest digital anime pirate sites” in Brazil had…
Rightsholders and anti-piracy groups in Japan are committing considerable resources to their fight against online piracy. While no targets are…
After thriving in what was once a localized traditional market, Japanese comics known as ‘manga’ took the world by storm….
Setting aside two hours to watch a movie can be a luxury these days, especially when the busiest among us…
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…