Alleged administrator of sites linking to pirated anime arrested in Japan

SAPPORO, Sep 30 (animenewsnetwork.com) - The Content Overseas Distribution Agency (CODA) announced that the Hokkaido Police Headquarters and the Sapporo District West Police Station have accused and arrested a man who operated multiple websites that linked to pirated anime on Thursday.

The alleged administrator of the websites set up links to about 2,000 anime works uploaded to pirate sites outside Japan.

The man provided a link to the illegally uploaded 25th episode of the That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime anime on April 19. ...continue reading

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