Tokyo District Court ruled that Romi Hoshino, former operator of ex-manga piracy website Mangamura, must pay 1.7 billion yen (nearly 11 million USD) in damages: a sum marking the highest compensation ever awarded for damages related to online piracy in Japan's history. ⁠ ⁠ Hoshino is ordered to pay the manga publishers Shogakukan Inc., Kadokawa Corp. and Shueisha Inc. the sum calculated through the average number of views per volume of a manga and the sale price of the work.⁠ ⁠ 💰️Learn more about the record-breaking case in the full article on our website in our linkinbio ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠📽️Video by: Gabe Jung⁠ 💬Comment “email” to sign up to our daily newsletter.⁠ ⁠ 📰Follow us for the latest Asian News NextShark⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #news #japan #onlinepiracy #mangapiracy #mangamura #romihoshino #shogakukan #kadokawa #shueisha ⁠