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The crackdown onillegal manga and animesharing has just reached a decisive point , as Japanese authority have negociate to take down an international pirating web site mesh in China , and have the owners arrested and prosecuted . This is the first time that the squelcher of piracy has give way global , spotlight how serious bureau are about contain this harmful practice .
In the retiring few weeks , Nipponese authority have been cracking down on manga buccaneering . jurisprudence enforcement has been actively apprehending multitude who distribute copyright material illegally , and this has lead to many leaker accounts and scanlations web site shutting down .
This effort has culminate inone of the biggest illegal anime internet site , B9GOOD , being close down . This is a major step not only because the situation is used by more than 300 million the great unwashed , but it also displays that , no matter the country , no one is safe from copyright infringement .
The Age Of Anime Piracy Could Be Ending
The owner and operator of the illegal anime streaming website B9GOOD was arrested and jailed for three years
According to the web site of the Content Overseas Distribution Association ( CODA ) , the proprietor and wheeler dealer of the illegal Zanzibar copal stream web site B9GOOD was arrested and jailed for three years , as well asbeing fined $ 250,000 for copyright violation . The website was function in Jiangsu Province , China , and this man , alongside three others , was jug for upload more than 45,880 anime onto their internet site . This is the first fourth dimension that a person outside of Japan has been jailed for distributing copyright anime , setting an significant precedent .
CODA expects that this latest sensing and ruling against such a malicious site will have a significant impact in deterring similar pirate ship sites from operating . CODA will proceed to actively take action against the growing phone number of online infringements worldwide , even when those misdemeanor are based abroad , and will continue to work firmly to eliminate the misuse of Japanese substance .
-CODA
This arrest is the culmination of year of work by CODA in taking down the website , after the filing of a complaint against the site owners back in 2016 . Although Chinese authority did take action in closing the web site , it was opened up under a different name . The site was the biggest pirate land site used in Japan and has caused extensive damage to the industriousness and contributed to the$13 billion release in gross of the anime industry due to piracy .
Kodansha has publish some of the best manga of all time , include Attack on Titan and Vinland Saga , which have transcended mainstream popularity .
Manga piracy slow down importantly with the stoppage of two foreigners , on two separate occasions , who were responsible for leaking chapters and panel before the prescribed release . This corporate exertion by the biggest publishers such as Sheuisha , Kodansha , and Shokagukan , among others , has been massive in deterring others from operating such sites .
After manga plagiarization , illegal Zanzibar copal site are also being targeted by the authorities as the war on plagiarism intensifies . Unfortunately , many fans still use illegal sources for anime and manga , but the late word are still a clear message to operators of such websites around the world that the authorities will be taking legal action mechanism to stop this harmful practice that has chivvy the industry for years .
Source : CODA , MangaMogura .
