Thirteen companies, including major movie companies, said that the copyright was infringed against the three people who were found guilty for the first time in the whole country for releasing "Fast Movie", an illegal movie that summarizes the movie in about 10 minutes. , Filed a lawsuit seeking damages totaling 500 million yen.
"Fast movie" is an illegal video that uses the video of the movie without permission, adds subtitles and narration, and reveals the story in about 10 minutes. Three men and women were caught for the first time in the country last year and have been found guilty of violating copyright law.
On the 19th, the Tokyo District Court filed a lawsuit against these three companies, including major movie companies Toho and Nikkatsu, for a total of 500 million yen in compensation for "the release of a fast movie and infringement of copyright". Woke up to.
Attorney Hiroyuki Nakajima of the movie company at the press conference said, "People who are not struggling to create can not make money by riding for free. I want to show that there is a serious penalty and lead to deterrence." ..
According to the CODA = Content Overseas Distribution Association, which is made by a company such as a movie, the number of views of 54 domestic works such as "Shin Godzilla" released by three people was examined, and some of them reached 2.65 million times. It means that.
Kenro Goto, CODA's representative director, said, "It is undeniable that many people watched it easily and promoted crime. I want consumers to reaffirm copyright protection."