Man Arrested for Downloading Anime, Games, Manga in Japan

[Totsuka No Tsurugi]

39-year-old surrendered after allegedly violating Kadokawa, Nintendo, Hideaki Sorachi's rights

Police in Chikushino City in Fukuoka Prefecture filed an arrest against a 39-year-old unemployed male Kasuga City resident on Thursday for allegedly using file-sharing software to download anime, games, and manga. According to the police, the suspect used the file-sharing software Share and Perfect Dark (no relation to the Nintendo 64 game of the same name) to download four items copyrighted by Kadokawa Shoten, Nintendo, and manga creator Hideaki Sorachi between September and December. Sorachi is best known for his long-running Gintama manga.

The authorities said that the suspect has been using file-sharing software for 10 years, and that he turned himself in to the police in December after seeing arrest reports appear on the 2channel forum. The suspect allegedly explained that he downloaded for his own personal viewing, and police said that his personal computer had more than 10,000 downloaded files of copyrighted materials.

While scores of people have been arrested in Japan for uploading anime, games, and manga without authorization, arrests for downloading have been much rarer, if not unprecedented. Japan passed a law in 2009 to make unauthorized downloads illegal, and the law went into effect in 2010.

However, Japan did not have actual penalties for illegal downloads until last October. Those charged with illegal downloading now face up to two years of prison or fines of up to 2 million yen (about US$25,000). According to NHK, no cases were filed for illegal downloading in the first three months since these penalities went into effect.


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[Cursed Prince]

That's why I never download, only view

 

[SephirothVX]

that's why you learn the law of the place you're in before you download stuff.

 

[SephirothVX]

That's why I never download, only view

Same here lol

 

[chad062388]

Wow, that really sucks

 

[-Punk-]

sucks to suck i guess

 

[xjimbox]

That must suck

 

[Defence]

I hate the copy right police

 

[BazzBee]

Sad for him ....
I wonder what he is thinking right now

 

[SephirothVX]

Sad for him ....
I wonder what he is thinking right now

He's probably thinking, how sad he is for getting locked up over downloading anime and manga, I mean that's why you learn the law of the place you're in before you download stuff.

 

[Exaar]

The police must be really bored or have nothing better to do than to pick on people who download.

 

[Totsuka No Tsurugi]

The police must be really bored or have nothing better to do than to pick on people who download.

read again, its the suspect who turned himself to the police, surely he is the world's finest dumbass.

 

[SephirothVX]

read again, its the suspect who turned himself to the police, surely he is the world's finest dumbass.

Wow, However what I said still stands as they can find out on there own, The guy just made the process much easier and yes he is A BAKA for turning himself in LOL, but they wouldn't pass A Law, if they couldn't find anyone breaking it.

 

[Frikid]

So does it mean, versuvio is taking the risk of going to jail too ?

 

[SephirothVX]

So does it mean, versuvio is taking the risk of going to jail too ?

Yes, They are at risk.

 

[emo313]

that sucks

 

[GreyWizard93]

The police must be really bored or have nothing better to do than to pick on people who download.

oh dude, you wont believe it!
we have these rail crossings near my hear and only buses/taxis may go down this road.

they have police hiding just after the crossings, around the corner and actually STOP people and tell them off.

 

[Uzumaki Kurama kun]

So many people download stuff. I'm surprised he's the first one they've picked up.

 

[The Immortal God]

How would they possibly enforce this law though, so many people download illegally, there is no way they can get all of them