「漫画村」元運営者に１９億円請求　大手出版３社が賠償提訴―東京地裁

　海賊版サイト「漫画村」（閉鎖）に人気漫画を無断で掲載されたとして、ＫＡＤＯＫＡＷＡ、集英社、小学館の大手出版３社が２８日、漫画村の元運営者を相手取り計約１９億３０００万円の賠償を求める訴訟を東京地裁に起こした。漫画村への賠償請求は初めてで、民事責任についても追及する。
　漫画村はかつて日本最大と言われた海賊版サイトで、元運営者は著作権法違反などの罪で懲役３年、罰金１０００万円、追徴金約６２５７万円の判決を受け、確定している。（2022/07/28-17:10）

Three major Japanese publishers on Thursday sued the former operator of now-closed manga pirate website Mangamura for about 1,930 million yen in damages.
   The damages lawsuit, filed with Tokyo District Court by Kadokawa Corp. , Shueisha Inc. and Shogakukan Inc., is the first against Mangamura, which was known as the biggest pirate website in Japan.
   For violating the copyright law and other charges, the former operator has been sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of 10 million yen and forfeit 62.57 million yen.
   The lawsuit covers illegal uploads from 17 popular manga titles including "One Piece" and "Yawara!" The publishers claim that the website attracted a total of some 500 million visits between June 2017 and April 2018.
   According to antipiracy organization ABJ, created following the Mangamura case, there are still some 1,000 such illegal websites now, and damage from them totaled about 1 trillion yen in 2021.