Three arrests in Japan for uploading films to YouTube

Japan is one of those countries that value its culture so much that it has an organisation (CODA - Content Overseas Distribution Association) through which rights holders and copyright organisations can cooperate to reduce online piracy. As a result of this cooperation, three people have been arrested for uploading shortened versions of films online, lasting less than 10 minutes, for those who did not have the desire to see the whole film. An activity that is estimated to have cost rights holders (and authors as a result) $866 million (96 billion yen) in damages.