Inter-agency effort succeeded in closing down 3 domains
The Korean cops members are detaining the operator of OKTOON. Image through www.mcst.go.kr
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The Copyright Crime Forensic Investigation Team under Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) carried out a major examination into Korea’s biggest copyright-infringing site, “Nunu television,” along with its unlawful sibling sites “TVWiki” and “OKTOON,” and exposed on December 20 the supposed operator of the sites was detained in November.
OKTOON is understood for unlawfully submitting webtoons and for earning a profit from them. The other 2 sites are unlawful streaming services.
MCST took the domains of Nunu television, TVWiki, and OKTOON, rerouting gain access to paths to a “Domain Seizure Notice” page, efficiently avoiding the transmission or circulation of unapproved copied works.
The arrest was the outcome of close cooperation amongst the MCST, the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, the National Intelligence Service, the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations Korea Office, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and other abroad investigative firms.
The operator of OKTOON utilized an especially precise approach by gathering user accounts from genuine domestic webtoon platforms from undefined individuals and after that unlawfully copying and publishing the webtoon material.
MCST Copyright Bureau Director Jeong Hyang-mi specified, “The apprehension of the OKTOON operator is the best accomplishment considering that developing the ‘K-Content Illegal Distribution Eradication Plan’ and releasing the Copyright Crime Forensic Investigation Team. It likewise shows that unlawful site operators who threaten the rights of domestic developers can no longer avert our investigative network.”
Previously this year, Japan’s Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) teamed up with the Copyright Overseas promo Association (COA) of South Korea to submit criminal grievances versus a number of piracy sites in Brazil. Together the companies targeted 8 sites: 3 websites were exposed through a CODA member business and 5 sites were exposed that had actually pirated webtoons.
Sources: MSCT Official Website
