On April 3, Seoul Central District Court ruled that Pandora TV infringed copyright of Japanese animation by letting its members upload unauthorized animation clips onto Pandora TV’s channel(shared folder).  Pandora TV is a famous Korean internet UCC service provider, something like YouTube.  Its members can upload any files they want, so bunch of copyrighted movies, animations, dramas have been uploaded without permission and anyone who visits its web page can view the copyrighted materials, even though he or she is not logged in.

The court addressed that the Pandora TV has recognized copyright infringements of its members and facilitated and induced it by giving “cyber money or coin” to the members who uploaded much more items.  Also the court pointed that Pandora TV has had an advertising revenues from any views.

Also the court ruled that the individual members are held liable for simply making copyrighted materials (more…)