Japanese Authorities Refer 'Spoiler Website' Operators To Prosecutors in Rare Corporate Copyright Case (coda-cj.jp)
(Wednesday May 28, 2025 @05:40PM (msmash)
from the spoiler-alert dept.)
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- News link: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/28/111250/japanese-authorities-refer-spoiler-website-operators-to-prosecutors-in-rare-corporate-copyright-case
- Source link: https://coda-cj.jp/news/2397/
Japanese police referred five individuals and a company [1]to prosecutors last week for allegedly operating a website that published detailed movie plots without permission from rights holders. The Miyagi Prefectural Police Headquarters and Minamisanriku Police Station sent the case to the Sendai District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of violating the Copyright Act.
The Content Overseas Distribution Association described the case as having "very few precedents for a corporation being referred to the prosecutor's office on suspicion of violating the Copyright Act, making this an extremely rare case."
The website posted detailed content from films including "Godzilla Minus One" and four others copyrighted by Toho, "Shin Kamen Rider" and two others by Toei, "Neck" and one other by KADOKAWA, and "Shin Ultraman" by Tsuburaya Productions. The site listed more than 8,000 films with complete storylines, character names, dialogue, and scene descriptions.
[1] https://coda-cj.jp/news/2397/
The Content Overseas Distribution Association described the case as having "very few precedents for a corporation being referred to the prosecutor's office on suspicion of violating the Copyright Act, making this an extremely rare case."
The website posted detailed content from films including "Godzilla Minus One" and four others copyrighted by Toho, "Shin Kamen Rider" and two others by Toei, "Neck" and one other by KADOKAWA, and "Shin Ultraman" by Tsuburaya Productions. The site listed more than 8,000 films with complete storylines, character names, dialogue, and scene descriptions.
[1] https://coda-cj.jp/news/2397/
Spoiler for Japanese porn viewers: (Score:3)
by greytree ( 7124971 )
Women aren't actually pixelated down there.
Re: (Score:2)
by taustin ( 171655 )
Next you'll be telling us that Japanese women don't squeak when you f*ck them.
Re:Spoiler for Japanese porn viewers: (Score:5, Funny)
by nightflameauto ( 6607976 )
True story, I got a friend that married a Japanese woman. He can't be around the dogs when they break out their squeak toys without getting all sweaty. It's frightening to behold.
Re:Spoiler:Women not pixelated down there (Score:1)
by Tablizer ( 95088 )
Darn, my libido expects pixels. Now I'll have to pull stickers off Rubik's Cubes and put them there. Either that, skip the ladies and do the cubes.
Spoiler alert (Score:3)
by nospam007 ( 722110 ) *
Rosebud is the sled.
Fight Club (Score:2)
by mspohr ( 589790 )
The first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club
So these 5 people messed with Japans mafia? (Score:3, Funny)
There are a couple rules that you have to follow for your own personal safety and security in Japan:
- Don't mess with Godzilla or disrespect Godzilla-Domo. They did.
- Don't mess with the Japanese animation Mafia, Which they explicitly did, as KADOKAWA Is basically a version of a corporate mafia.
Japan is one of the safest countries in the world because the mafia there actively makes sure of it, but that also means that you need to understand that law enforcement while weaker in Japan has a secondary market that actively works with the first market and the official people and the Mafia in Japan actively works with the police.
This happened because those five Peasants messed with Godzilla and the Animation Mafia, and if they had not angered the royals, they might actually still have a life.