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Woman arrested for distribution of pirated DVD-Rs at the internet auction site
On July 13, Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters and Iwamizawa Police Station, Hokkaido Prefecture, raided a residence of a 33-woman living in Osaka City for suspicion of violation of the copyright law, and arrested her. Also, police seized more than 8,000 pirated DVD-Rs, 2 PCs, 2 Hard Discs, 250 blank discs, 2 duplicators, a DVD writer and others.
The woman duplicated popular US TV drama series including "Prison Break" of 20th Fox; "Lost season 1" of Disney; "Super Natural: 3rd season" of Warner without authorization of copyright owners, and distributed the pirated DVD-Rs at the internet auction site for five months between March and May 2010.
With police, she exhibited the pirated goods at the auction site mainly midnight zone and frequently changed her IDs or auction site so as not to be traced by police. Also, she had no fixed occupation and the sales of the pirated goods were used for daily living expenses
JIMCA identified the woman on the auction site in August 2007 and have frequently sent warning letters. The source of the pirated goods was the cable TV and she used the recorded files of the popular TV dramas for reproducing pirated goods. While we have been checking her illegal business, Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters identified her as well during cyber patrol.
(July 14,2010)
Page TopPolice refer hotel plus owners and employees to prosecutor on suspicion of illegal presentation
On May 6, officers from the Environment and Consumer Protection Division of Hyogo Prefectural Police Headquarters and Ikuta Police Station in Hyogo Prefecture referred a case file involving a hotel management company, the hotel owner and three employees to the public prosecutor’s office. The police suspect the hotel, its owner and its employees were in violation of the Right of Presentation statute, Article 22 of the Copyright Law. It had been since nine years since Hyogo Prefectural Police Headquarters had referred for prosecution a case involving the infringement of the Right of Presentation under the Copyright Law.
The hotel is located in Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture and the owner is a 43-year-old man. According to police, in January 2010 the owner and three employees showed three titles including The Da Vinci Code and other two titles to hotel guests without authorizations from right holders. The employees connected TV sets in guests’ rooms to a video deck at the front desk of the hotel to show the movies.
The suspects confessed to police that they recognized the illegality of their activity could not afford a legitimate transmission system between the front desk and the rooms and were afraid that without video service in the rooms the hotel would be at a competitive disadvantage.
JIMCA identified the illegal activity by the hotel and sent seven warning letters before finally referring the case to the police.
(May 6,2010)
Man arrested for DVD piracy in Osaka City had previous conviction
On May 5, officers from Miyakojima Police Station in Osaka Prefecture arrested a man on suspicion of violation of the copyright law. Police raided the man’s residence and a shop and seized 888 pirated DVD-Rs infringing many MPA member titles including Columbia’s 2012 and Angels & Demons; Disney’s Up , Meet the Robinsons and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; and Fox’s Avatar and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
The suspect had been previously arrested on April 23, 2003 following raids by officers from Minami Police Station in Osaka Prefecture, and was found to have been a ringleader of street vendors selling pirated goods in Osaka City. On that occasion he was sentenced to two years imprisonment and three years probation.
The charges against the suspect in the current case are illegal distribution of pirated DVDs and possession of those goods for the purpose of distribution. JIMCA received a request for cooperation in the case from Miyakojima Police Station on April 13, 2010, and during the raid on May 5, a JIMCA investigator examined the pirated DVD-Rs on site, confirming their illegality prior to the police arrest.
(May 5,2010)
Man arrested for uploading movie files using file-sharing software “Share”
On March 31, the High-tech Crime Control Office, Kyoto Prefectural Police Headquarters and Joyo Police Station, arrested a 62-year man living in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, for uploading unauthorised movie files on the Internet, using file-sharing software “Share” in violation of the Copyright Law.
The police were able to determine, through the use of a P2P surveillance system, that the suspect uploaded an illegal copy of Avatar on the Internet sometime in December 2009. He had originally obtained a copy of the title from a different P2P site.
The police also had evidence that sometime on March 22, 2010, using the same method, he had uploaded a copy of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians", and made the file available for downloading.
He admitted to the police that he had uploaded 500 movie titles, both Japanese and international, over the last four years. The police are currently carrying out further investigations into the extent of his activities.
In January 2009, the police launched a P2P surveillance system that patrols file-sharing networks to collect, analyze and search file information. This is the first arrest resulting from information collected from this system.
(March 31,2010)
Pirated goods online shop operator sentenced over 20 million yen
On March 19, 2010, Osaka District Court sentenced two suspects involving distribution of pirated goods on the Internet online shop: For the man, 2-year imprisonment with 5-year probation and a fine of 1 million yen; for the women, a year and 6-month imprisonment with 3-year probation and a fine of 800,000 yen. Also, the Court confiscated the amount of 238,000 yen in their two bank accounts and ordered them to pay 19 million yen as surcharge.
The suspects opened the online shop, “Gekiyasu no Dendo SHOP DVD”, and distributed many pirated DVDs imported from China. The pirated DVDs were illegally copied popular TV drama series of the MPA member companies, such as “Lost” of Disney, “24 “, “Prison Break” and “The X-Files” of 20th Century Fox and others. They advertised on the shop that the goods were all Chinese legal ones. Also, they frequently changed auction channel after receiving warning or request of closing of illegal business from JIMCA.
(The news is the follow-up of this case)
(March 25,2010)
Illegal distributor of movies arrested after using streaming software “PeerCast”
On February 22, 2010, Cyber Crime Control Office, Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters, and Atsugi Police Station arrested a 32-year man living in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, on suspicion of suspicion of violation of Right of public transmission under the Copyright Law.
With police, in the afternoon on August 20, 2009, the man uploaded a Hollywood movie, “Live Free or Die Hard”, on streaming software, “PeerCast”, to distribute it to the public. He said that he wanted to share the movie with many people and enjoyed a chat with them on the Internet.” He proclaimed himself as “Torti” on the Internet, and repeatedly uploaded illegal movie files without authorization of copyright holders since May 2006.
(March 23,2010)
Share user arrested in Nagano on suspicion of violation of the Copyright Law
On February 8, High-tech Crime Control Office, Consumer and Environmental Protection Division, Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters and Nagano Minami Police Station arrested a 38-year food shop owner living in Higashi Tsukuma-gun, Nagano Prefecture, on suspicion of violation of Right of public transmission under the Copyright Law.
With police, the man downloaded a file of movie, “God Father”, on his own PC around November 2009 without the authorization of the copyright owner, Paramount Pictures Corporation. He uploaded the illegal file on the Internet using file-sharing software, “Share”, and made it transmittable to the public.
In September 2009, JIMCA identified illegal files on “Share” during the net patrol and reported it to the High-tech Crime Control Office. The man admitted the suspicion and police continues to investigate him.
(Feburary 9,2010)
Man arrested and sent to the public prosecutor’s office for illegal downloading of movies files using “Share”
On January 19, 2010, Environment and Consumer Protection Division, Hokkaido Prefectural Police Headquarters, and Hakodate Chuo Police Station, Hokkaido Prefecture, arrested a 31-year man living in Towada City, Hokkaido Prefecture, on suspicion of violation of the Copyright Law.
The man downloaded movie files using P2P file-sharing software, “Share”, from the Internet and illegally duplicated the files on DVD-Rs. With police, he distributed pirated DVD-Rs of movies such as “Prison Break: Final Season”, “24: Season VII” and others seven times to five customers via the Internet auction site between July 2008 and June 2009. During the period, he earned more than 900,000 yen including the sales of illegal copies of business software and sent the pirated goods via mail. He changed his IDs or the ways of exhibitions on the auction site several time for escaping our chase.
At the raid on January 19, police seized 2 PCs, a hard disc, a DVD writer and others.
MPA/JIMCA identified the man on May 2008 and cooperated police for the raid and the arrest. The man was sent to the public prosecutor’s office on February 3 and continued to be investigated by police.
(Feburary 9,2010)
Hotel owner arrested on suspicion of violation of the Copyright Law
By January 19, 2010, Environment and Consumer Protection Division, Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters, and Inazawa Police Station, Aichi Prefecture, arrested a 57-year owner of a business hotel locating in Inazawa City for the suspicion of violation of the Copyright Law.
The hotel possessed many pirated DVDs of movies including “Jumper” of the 20th Fox for the purpose of renting them to visitors for free. JIMCA received some calls about the fact and sent several warning letters to the hotel. However, the hotel continued the illegal activities regardless of the warnings and we submitted a criminal complaint to Inazawa Police Station.
The hotel used file-sharing software to download movie files on the Internet and duplicated them on DVD-Rs without authorizations of copyright holders.
Note: When using movies at other than theaters, it needs to use films with authorization of its right owners or software for business use. Please refer the homepage of the Japan and International Motion Picture Copyright Association (JIMCA) for further information: http://www.jimca.co.jp/compliance/index.html
(Feburary 4,2010)
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