Cloud PVR litigation: The Rokuraku and Maneki TV case in Japan

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The Service

Rokuraku || and Maneki TV

Service Description

These "place-shifting" services enabled programmes to be recorded and then streamed to other devices, whether domestically within Japan or for expats abroad.

The Case

In overturning earlier judgments, the Japenese court ruled that both services were illegal, finding that it was not the individual users who were deemed to have copied and transmitted the TV content but, rather, the service providers, because they managed the facilities and made them available to users.

Status

Judgment in favour of the content owners.

For a complete overview of PVR litigation cases around the world, please see our Content meets the cloud report.