Foreign Duo Detained for Spoiling Shonen Jump Manga Before Publication

Summary

• Two foreigners were arrested in Japan for posting manga images online before their official release. 
• This violated copyright laws, and they were accused of using their smartphones to copy the unreleased images. 
• Similar arrests were made in the past, with three individuals arrested for sharing One Piece manga in 2017.

Spoilers getting leaked all over the internet is a common sight. But we often underestimate the gravity of the situation. In fact, the consequences could be fatal. 

A similar incident in Japan has sparked concerns about the credibility of the spoiler market. As a result, there is a growing need to investigate the legal implications of manga leaks.

Japanese police arrested two foreign nationals for allegedly posting manga images from Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine online before their scheduled publication. 

Two suspects are being investigated by the Kumamoto Prefectural Police Headquarters. One of them is a 36-year-old man named Samir Musa, who claimed to run the Japan Deal World company in Tokyo’s Kita Ward. 

According to the authorities, the suspects allegedly uploaded image data of a popular manga series from Shueisha’s magazine ‘Weekly Shonen Jump’ on the internet without permission a few days before its official release. 

The two guys have been accused of breaching copyright laws by using a smartphone to copy a manga image that was not yet officially released. 

This kind of behavior is known as “early discovery,” and it appears that the duo acquired the magazine at a Tokyo store before its release date. The manga was released five days later than the date the two men obtained it. Police are conducting a detailed investigation into the operation, believing that other people may be involved.

In the past, Japanese police arrested three people who were accused of uploading Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece manga from Weekly Shonen Jump in 2017. 

Shueisha, the publisher of the manga, hopes that the process of ‘early discovery’ will be prevented in future. They will take measures to protect their works and enable readers to enjoy manga legally. 

It’s important to remember that spoilers should not be published illegally, no matter how exciting they may seem. We hope that such cases will not happen again in the future.

Source: NKH