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445 Japanese Authorities Refer 'Spoiler Website' Operators To Prosecutors in Rare Corporate Copyright Case

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msmash @ Slashdot · 05/28/2025 14:40 EDT

Japanese Authorities Refer 'Spoiler Website' Operators To Prosecutors in Rare Corporate Copyright Case

Japanese police referred five individuals and a company to prosecutors last week for allegedly operating a website that published detailed movie plots without permission from rights holders. The Miyagi Prefectural Police Headquarters and Minamisanriku Police Station sent the case to the Sendai District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of violating the Copyright Act.

The Content Overseas Distribution Association described the case as having "very few precedents for a corporation being referred to the

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