Former operator of arrest of “Manga Village” Proposal to sell site management rights September 25, 4:22
The former operator who was arrested on the 24th due to a violation of the copyright law of the pirated site “Manga Village”, which posted popular comics without permission on the Internet, had the right to operate the site when the police investigation began in earnest. The interview with the investigator revealed that he was talking to a company officer who was not acquainted with the sales story. Police are investigating that they suspect that they were trying to escape the investigation.
The former operator of the pirated site “Manga Village”, Suspect Hoshinoji (27), was forced to repatriate from the Philippines on the 24th, publishing a popular manga image file and infringing on the publisher's rights. Copyright Act Arrested on suspicion of violation.
In response to the investigation by the police, he refrained from admitting the charges and stated that he decided to speak with a lawyer.
Hoshino seems to have played a central role in the operation of the site, but last year, an executive of a company in Tokyo that distributes comic books etc. on the Internet as an e-book, “Manga Village” has a lot of access and value “Is it possible to buy the operation right?” By e-mail, and it was found through interviews with investigators that they were talking about selling the operation right.
The officer wasn't acquainted with Hoshino, but the fact that the email suddenly arrived means that the police understood the exchange by contacting the officer and confirmed that it was the email from the person himself.
The time when the mail arrived is the time when the investigation of a series of incidents was in full swing, and the police are looking at the suspect that Hoshino was trying to escape the investigation.