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The Tokyo District Court has ordered Hoshino Romi, the operator of the now-defunct manga piracy website Mangamura, to pay 1.7 billion yen (approximately USD $11 million) in damages to three major Japanese publishers: Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa. This ruling comes after Mangamura was found responsible for pirating popular manga titles, including ONE PIECE. Hoshino, who claimed he was merely the site's developer and did not profit from its operations, has stated he has no intention of paying the damages, denying any culpability.
The biggest Japanese manga piracy site at its time of operation, Mangamura, has been forced to pay the largest cost in damages in Japanese history. 💸 https://t.co/gapVaBFYib
Manga piracy website operator ordered to pay ¥1.7 billion to publishers https://t.co/85nZRDae6Q
Hoshino Romi, who reportedly ran pirate manga site Mangamura, has a great strategy for being ordered to pay 1.7 billion yen (USD $11 million) to three publishers: he's...just not gonna do it. "I have no intention of paying," he told reporters, denying any culpability. https://t.co/baUu3YWDNe
