Publishers and streaming platforms in thirteen countries will now start a collaboration to combat piracy in the anime and manga industry, reports Nikkei Asia.
As a basis for this, a new organization will be launched. It will be managed by Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association, which consists of 32 Japanese companies. The Motion Pictures Association in the USA and the Copyright Society of China will also participate.
Between January and October 2021, manga piracy was estimated to cost the Japanese market alone about 800 billion yen, equivalent to about 63 billion kronor. This is more money than the entire official release traded during the period. In the United States, the damage is estimated at one thousand billion yen for the past year, corresponding to approximately SEK 79 billion.
A recurring challenge with accessing pirates is that pirate sites often have servers in other countries, which means that legal action requires greater international cooperation. Something that the new organization wants to work to facilitate.
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