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Top Court Finalizes Damages for Band Score Imitation

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a damages order against a website operator who made imitation band scores available for free. The top court's Second Petty Bench thus finalized the Tokyo High Court order that the website operator pay about 169 million yen in damages to the plaintiff, Fairy Inc., the…

  • Japanese Supreme Court upholds 169 million yen damages ruling
  • Defendant pirated 579 band scores over 6.5 years
  • First court acknowledgment of business interest breach via non-copyrighted works

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