p2p news / p2pnet: A cyber cafe owner in Tokyo and two others have become the first people in Japan to be charged with copyright infringement for posting manga comics without permission.

The men were arrested after the "cyberpatrol" unit of Fukuoka Prefectural police found the images posted on 464.jp in October, says the Japan Times, going on:

"The three are suspected of scanning comic books and storing the data in a computer server in the same building as the Ota Ward cafe so they could be viewed on the Internet.

"Police said the three have owned up to the allegations.”

The Web site offered an apparent apology Tuesday, saying it ’caused inconvenience because this site has not made any copyright contracts’."

The cafe owner and his two partners were planning to shift to a paid membership and had about 1,000 people already signed up, the story adds.

Also See:
Japan Times – Three arrested for posting comic books on Web, February 15, 2006

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