Crunchyroll, TV Tokyo sue YouTube users for illegal anime uploads
13 defendants accused of uploading Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Bleach episodes
Crunchyroll's statement, by co-founder and chief executive Kun Gao, is also published in the linked report.
13 defendants accused of uploading Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Bleach episodes
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San Franciso (Sept 21, Wed): Crunchyroll and TV Tokyo have issued a lawsuit against 13 YouTube uploaders for allegedly illegal distribution of anime episodes, according to a copyright infringement complaint filed on May 11 and served between July and this month. Crunchyroll and TV Tokyo are seeking reparation for "great and irreparable injury that cannot fully be compensated or measured in money" because of the defendants' allegedly unauthorised copying, uploading, and distributing via YouTube of multiple Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, and Bleach episodes. Based on their YouTube subscriber information, the defendants reside in the United States, Japan, Canada, Denmark, and Hungary. Crunchyroll maintains its main offices in California (as does YouTube), so the suit was filed as a United States copyright violation in the Northern District Court of California. For the purposes of the lawsuit, TV Tokyo is giving Crunchyroll legal permission to act on its behalf in order to "permanently remove the illegal uploads of infringing parties from file-sharing services and to obtain legal relief against infringers". Crunchyroll and TV Tokyo want the defendants to cease illegal uploading, destroy all illegal copies, and refrain from further unauthorised uploading. Crunchyroll and TV Tokyo are also seeking court costs and damages caused by the worldwide YouTube streaming. ANIME NEWS NETWORK |
Crunchyroll's statement, by co-founder and chief executive Kun Gao, is also published in the linked report.