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Cloudflare held liable in Japan for aiding manga piracy in groundbreaking ruling

By Toko Sekiguchi ( November 21, 2025, 09:00 GMT | Insight) -- The Tokyo District Court held Cloudflare liable for aiding large-scale manga piracy, marking one of the world’s first damages rulings against a content delivery network.The Tokyo District Court held Cloudflare liable for aiding large-scale manga piracy after receiving copyright notices from four major Japanese publishers, marking one of the world’s first damages rulings against a content delivery network, or CDN....

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