Lost revenue from illegal online viewing of Japanese manga and other publications worldwide was estimated at around ¥8.5 trillion (US$5.5bil/RM230bil) a year, highlighting the extent of damage caused to rights holders by piracy websites.
Kyodo news reported that anti-piracy group ABJ examined access numbers and viewing times for 913 websites for the month of June and found that the sites offering unauthorised access to Japanese comics, novels and photo books received about 2.8 billion visits during the period from users in 123 countries and regions, with total viewing time reaching around 700 million hours.
