Mangamura For years it was one of the most prominent piracy services on the internet, a real plague for the publishing giants who would have lost vast amounts of money. Shueisha and Kondansha want to try to win something back by taking the service straight to court.
Mangamura's CEO was arrested in January 2021 and even forced to pay a large fine for managing one of the pirate sites that contained a large number of manga. Despite the service's closure, piracy has grown to 240 million visits per month over the past year, a staggering number that sums up to a major economic loss for publishers.
Shueisha and Kodansha So they wanted to take Mangamura to court to seek damages of about $14 million or what the two publishers would have lost for 17 titles, the same ones that follow: one piecethe rise of the shield hero, kingdomYAWARA!, Dorohedoro, overlordSgt. Frog, Erased, Wise Man's Grandchild, Trinity Seven, Hinamatsuri, Mushoku Tensei, Golden Rough, Kanojo wa Uso or Ai Shisugiteru, Karakuri Circus, Kengan Ashura and Tasogare Ryūseigun.
As you can see for yourself, it's actually just a handful of series loaded by the service, so the actual damage is a much higher number. We do not know how the situation will develop, but we will keep you informed until there is more news on this matter.
