For years the industry has been the Manga has been hit hard by the presence of many illegal scanning sites, but luckily the major publishers in the industry are managing to expand the Piracy phenomenon with several interventions, most recently when the manager of Mangamura was sentenced to three years in prison.

The news came directly from the Fukuoka District Court, where Romi Hoshino has been found guilty of copyright infringement of many and important works and to have tried to hide the impressive profits. The defendant, known as Zakay Romi, had been summoned to answer for his actions because of the final closure of the site Mangamura, he was considered the main administrator.

According to the details that became known after the trial, Romi was sentenced to three years in prison, in addition to two fines, the first for $ 90,000 and the second for $ 565,000, this was added to his earnings particularly after the investigation, which Romi attempted to hide by transferring to a foreign checking account. This is a very important aspect in the fight against manga piracy, especially if you think so a site like Mangamura caused a loss of about $ 3 billionwhich mainly concern publishers and own the rights to the works.

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