Court orders ex-head of illegal manga site to pay ¥1 7 bil japantoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japantoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Tokyo District Court rules that the former operator of a now-defunct website allowing users free access to pirated manga must pay a total of around 1.7 billion yen ($11 million) in damages to three major Japanese publishers.