Man Arrested for Uploading Toaru Majutsu no Index II, Resident Evil 4

Another arrest for using Share file-sharing software

April 11, 2012 12:02am EDT (4/10/12)

Japanese police is still working diligently to find illegal uploaders. On April 9, Cyber Crime Section of Hyogo Prefectural Police and Ikuta station arrested a 34-years-old office worker from Nishinomiya-city, Hyogo, on suspicion of using Share file-sharing software to upload the 24th episode of the anime series Toaru Majutsu no Index II, two video games Biohazard 4/Resident Evil 4 and Nobunaga's Ambition: Kakushin to the Internet without the permission from the copyright holder on January 26, 2012.

The police has already seized five PCs and five hard-disks at the suspect's house at the day of the arrest. The suspect has admitted his guilt and said that he used the file-sharing software to collect his favorite files.

Source: Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS)

Toaru Majutsu no Index II image © Kazuma Kamachi/ASCII MEDIAWORKS/PROJECT INDEX II

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