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Type of site | Image hosting |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| URL | nhentai |
| Current status | Active |
nHentai is an image-hosting website that freely distributes pornographic manga and doujinshi (hentai). The website recieved about 80 million page visits in June 2024.[1][2] It is operated anonymously.[2]
In July 2024, J18 Publishing sought a subpoena under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to compel Cloudflare, an infrastructure provider for nHentai, to disclose the site operator's identity. nHentai’s lawyers argued the request was invalid, as Cloudflare merely transmitted data and has never stored site content. The court ultimately halted the subpoena.[3] On August 30, PCR Distributing, which manages J18, filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against nHentai, alleging the site distributed copyrighted material without permission. PCR further argued that nHentai’s restriction on user uploads disqualified it from certain DMCA protections and that it failed to comply with prior settlement attempts to remove infringing content.[1]
In October, PCR filed a motion for early discovery requesting private account information from infrastructure services of the website.[2] nHentai's lawyers opposed it and stated that a representative of PCR's brands had provided copyright permission for the content via a 2020 email. The alleged message listed certain material allowed for distribution and an offer to pay for banner ads on the website. PCR did not deny the authenticity of the emails, but asserted that they failed to provide a license for the permission and that the company sent DMCA takedown notices after 2020, which were ignored.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ a b Van der Sar, Ernesto (September 3, 2024). "'Pirate' site nHentai sued in U.S. Court for copyright infringement". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on October 1, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Gault, Matthew (October 25, 2024). "Popular hentai piracy site claims publisher gave permission to post nudes". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on October 27, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Van der Sar, Ernesto (July 30, 2024). "Nhentai 'pirate' site wants court to quash 'improper' Cloudflare DMCA subpoena". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on September 22, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Van der Sar, Ernesto (October 24, 2024). "nHentai fights back in piracy lawsuit: 'Rightsholder gave permission'". TorrentFreak. Archived from the original on October 24, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.