Operator of Unlawful Webtoon Platform Arrested

The Copyright Crime Forensic Investigation Group below Korea’s Ministry of Custom, Sports and Tourism (MCST) carried out a full-scale investigation into Korea’s greatest copyright-infringing net situation, “Nunu TV,” to boot to its illegal sister net sites “TVWiki” and “OKTOON,” and revealed on December 20 the alleged operator of the bag sites used to be arrested in November.

OKTOON is famous for illegally uploading webtoons and for making a profit from them. The diversified two net sites are illegal streaming products and companies.

MCST seized the domains of Nunu TV, TVWiki, and OKTOON, redirecting score admission to routes to a “Domain Seizure Be aware” net page, effectively combating the transmission or distribution of unauthorized copied works.

The arrest used to be the result of end cooperation amongst the MCST, the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office, the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency, the Nationwide Intelligence Service, the U.S. Fatherland Security Investigations Korea Office, the International Felony Police Group (INTERPOL), and diversified in one more country investigative businesses.

The operator of OKTOON mature an especially meticulous plan by amassing user accounts from dependable domestic webtoon platforms from unspecified persons and then illegally copying and posting the webtoon whisper.

MCST Copyright Bureau Director Jeong Hyang-mi acknowledged, “The apprehension of the OKTOON operator is the greatest achievement since establishing the ‘K-Content Illegal Distribution Eradication Plan’ and launching the Copyright Crime Forensic Investigation Team. It also demonstrates that illegal website operators who threaten the rights of domestic creators can no longer evade our investigative network.”

Earlier this 365 days, Japan’s Verbalize material In a foreign country Distribution Association (CODA) collaborated with the Copyright In a foreign country promotion Association (COA) of South Korea to file felony complaints against several piracy net sites in Brazil. Collectively the organizations targeted eight net sites: three net sites were uncovered by means of a CODA member company and five net sites were uncovered that had pirated webtoons.

Sources: MSCT Official Online net page