By The Financial District
May 12, 20211 min
A 37-year-old man has been arrested for alleged copyright infringement after he posted images of several female athletes without permission on a porn website he operates, police said Tuesday.
Kyodo News reported that Tokyo police arrested Kosuke Koyama on Sunday on suspicion of using 39 images taken from a sports TV program without the broadcaster's permission and putting them on the site around May 18, 2019.
The images were accompanied by sexually explicit comments.
Koyama, who describes himself as a web designer, makes his living running nine porn websites.
The suspect was quoted by the police as saying during voluntary questioning that he knew what he had done was wrong, but did not expect to get caught. He has remained silent since his arrest.
Widespread sharing of photos and videos taken of female athletes, often without their knowledge and in a sexualized context, has been garnering attention as a social problem, with more victims speaking up. Victims have also included high school athletes.
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