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Man Arrested for Auctioning Downloads of Vocaloid2 Hatsune Miku
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The Hokkaido Police's Nayoro Station arrested 38-year-old unemployed Nayoro resident Jōji Mizuma for allegedly making the Hatsune Miku character's music software available for download without the copyright holders' authorization. According to the arrest report, the suspect made Vocaloid 2 Character Vocal Series 01: Hatsune Miku and two other programs available for download on a server from around August 29 of last year to May 19 of this year. The suspect allegedly admitted to the charges.
According to Nayoro Station, the suspect attracted customers on an auction site, and then gave the winning bidders the address of the stored software for profit.
Source: Sports Nippon