Spanish piracy giant toppled in win for Korean webtoons
A coalition of Korean webtoon publishers has secured the shutdown of one of the world’s largest Spanish-language piracy networks, marking a rare and significant legal victory for the country’s digital comics industry in its increasingly aggressive global battle against copyright infringement. The Copyright Overseas Promotion Association said Monday that it had successfully coordinated with major platforms — including Kakao Entertainment and Naver Webtoon — to dismantle TuMangaOnline and its affiliated sites. The network had long been accused of illegally distributing Korean content across Spain and Latin America, profiting from a growing international appetite for the vertical-scrolling digital comics known as webtoons. The shutdown was executed by Spanish judicial authorities following an investigation triggered by formal complaints from Korean rights holders. It represents the first instance in which Korean companies have directly pursued legal action under Spanish statutes to successfully shutter an overseas piracy operation. The scale of the network was substantial. According
