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- Cloudflare has been ordered to pay damages for supporting manga piracy websites in Japan.
- The Tokyo District Court found that although Cloudflare did not commit copyright infringement directly, they were accountable for enabling piracy by offering support and failing to act on illegal content.
- This ruling is a significant step in Japans intensified crackdown on anime and manga piracy.
- The Japanese government has been actively involved in protecting anime and manga intellectual property rights, making an appeal by Cloudflare less likely to succeed.
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Japanese Court Orders Cloudflare to Pay Manga Publishers over Piracy Support
A recent ruling by the Tokyo District Court has found Cloudflare liable for approximately 2.7 million euros in damages to several Japanese manga publishers. The verdict arrives as Japan intensifies its crackdown on anime and manga piracy. Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa jointly sued Cloudflare in 2022, alleging that the company hosted servers for manga piracy websites. The court has now ruled in favor of the publishers. According to The Japan Times, Cloudflare’s servers supported two major manga piracy sites that hosted over 4,000 unauthorized titles and received 300 million monthly views. While the court did not find Cloudflare directly responsible for copyright infringement, it determined that the company was accountable for enabling piracy by offering support and failing to act on easily identifiable illegal content. Despite a 2019 agreement between Cloudflare and the four publishers, Cloudflare continued to provide services to piracy sites, leading to the 2022 lawsuit. Cloudflare stated their disagreement with the court’s decision and intends to appeal. However, with the Japanese government actively involved in protecting anime and manga, this ruling may well be upheld.
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