Former manager of “Manga Village” First trial “I am responsible” 17 December 18:18
The first trial of the former operator of the pirated site “Manga Village”, which has been charged with violating the copyright law on the assumption that popular comics were posted on the Internet without permission, was announced by the former operator. I think there is, ”he admitted.
The former operator of the pirated site “Manga Village”, Defendant Minoru Hoshino (28), makes the image data of popular comics “ONE PIECE” and “Kingdom” publicly available at Manga Village and can be downloaded by anyone. And accused of violating copyright law for violating the rights of the published Shueisha. In the investigation stage, I kept silent.
At the first trial held at the Fukuoka District Court on the 16th, Defendant Hoshino said, “I don't know in detail about the manga uploaded to Manga Village, but I think it is my responsibility.” It was.
Prosecutor explained that Defender Hoshino started operation with Manabu Adachi (38) at least three years ago at Manga Village.
“The site update work was requested by two men and women through defendant Adachi. The comic data was downloaded and edited from a site different from Manga Village and uploaded illegally. I paid the remuneration once a month to the two who were doing this, ”and explained the specific situation.