Court proceedings between 7 Japanese firms and the US-based web-hosting company FC2 began at the Tokyo District Court earlier this month.
It is the first court case over intellectual property rights against a foreign web-hosting company since the relevant Japanese law was revised last year.Under an amendment to the Japanese Code of Civil Procedure, anyone in Japan can now sue foreign-based firms if those entities show films or TV footage on Internet sites in Japan without authorization from the Japanese copyright holders.
The Japanese firms, including film production companies, said they did not grant FC2 approval to post their footage on its website. They are seeking about 65 million yen, or 670,000 dollars, in compensation for the 35 videos posted by FC2.
Source: NewsOnJapan
The Japanese firms, including film production companies, said they did not grant FC2 approval to post their footage on its website. They are seeking about 65 million yen, or 670,000 dollars, in compensation for the 35 videos posted by FC2.
Source: NewsOnJapan
