Each time as we are advancing in 2019, government agencies are strengthening their hold over the Pirated websites. As per latest reports, Three Manga Pirates will have to serve the jail period in Japan. They operated a site which indexed the copies of Manga and this time, they are not spared.
Usually, the jail sentence period ranges from two years & four months to three years and six months. Therefore, with an intention to let you know more about the three manga pirates, let’s move ahead and discover each thing, one by one.
The story of Three Manga Pirates Sent to Jail by Japan
Having the support of the Japan government, content creators have made their way to stop pirate sites. They are willing to stop the illegal production of copyrighted content. Whether it’s on official or torrent websites, the company’s are looking to eradicate every pirate content.
With them getting into full force, illegal manga producers are worried about their business. Also, anime works are kept under the illegal list and person caught will have to serve jail period.
In the latest news, Three Men’s who were running a popular site “Haruka Yume no Ato” will serve jail periods. The site shares its indexing to Manga contents without getting permission from the copyright holders.
Talking about the first legal action on their site, it came into effect in the year 2017. Here, police arrested nine groups of people under the suspicion of violating copyright activities.
According to the Anime News Network, at one time, the site was the most famous one by the name ‘leech sites’.
Now, it’s more than a year and site’s operators are in jail. Also, the Osaka District Court handed the prison sentences of three years & six months for the main mastermind. For the server operator, he will serve three years sentence whereas another key person will serve a period of two years and four months.
A Word of Mouth By the Company
“It is seriously meaningful that all three of the principal offenders have been sentenced to imprisonment. These heavy prison sentences sound alarm bells for similar cases and we, along with our member companies, will continue to take decisive action against malicious acts of copyright infringement in the future.” the company said.
Also, the Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS) appreciated the sentences noting the illegal activities of three men.
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Final Word of Mouth: Story of Three Manga Pirates Sent to Jail by Japan
It’s totally illegal for people of any country to share copyrighted in any form. Be it videos, music or even Manga, all come under the fraud act where strict actions will be taken.
As the case for Three Manga Pirate goes, they have got no option than to serve jail periods. For other pirate sites, the Japanese government is tightening their grip to catch each of them. But, even pirate companies are smart enough and will find one way or the another.
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