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Manga piracy site loses appeal as Japan court enforces online-transmission rights

By Toko Sekiguchi ( August 7, 2025, 08:22 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s IP High Court has upheld partial damages for three manga artists over unauthorized uploads to an erotic comics site, affirming infringement under reproduction and transmission rights, including Japan’s making-transmittable doctrine.Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court has upheld a lower court ruling awarding partial damages to three manga artists whose works were uploaded without permission to a pornographic website, reinforcing copyright liability for operators of infringing platforms....

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