US EditionJapanese court punishes US firm Cloudflare with heavy fine over copyright infringement
Tokyo court found Cloudflare liable for enabling piracy of over 4,000 manga titles with 300 million monthly views, ordering $3.2 million in damages to Japanese publishers.
- Tokyo's district court on Nov 19 ordered Cloudflare, US internet infrastructure firm, to pay 500 million yen to major Japanese publishers.
- Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan and Kadokawa filed a suit in Tokyo in 2022 seeking an injunction and about 460 million yen after a 2019 settlement with Cloudflare.
- Cloudflare provided content delivery network services that let piracy sites distribute large data volumes, while publishers say it hosted two piracy sites distributing over 4,000 manga titles without permission.
- The court fully granted three publishers' claims, while lawyers for the publishers said this is the first ruling ordering damages for CDN services aiding piracy; publishers say Japan's manga industry loses millions, including works like One Piece and Attack on Titan.
- The court found Cloudflare neglected takedown obligations and failed to verify site operators' identities despite publishers' notices, with lawyers calling the judgment significant for infrastructure firms that host content.
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The controversy continues to escalate between LaLiga and Cloudflare, one of the largest domain administrators in the world. Javier Thebas’s agency warns that they will not take a step back in their fight against piracy with blockades against illegal IPTVs. Cloudflare still recovers from the global blackout that affected ChatGPT, X or Canva, but the company again criticizes the blockades of LaLiga. The agency assures that the situation starts to …
A Tokyo District Court on Wednesday ordered US information technology company Cloudflare to pay 500 million yen (2.75 million euros) in damages to major Japanese manga comic publishers over allegations it provided services to piracy websites.
Japanese court punishes US firm Cloudflare with heavy fine over copyright infringement
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