{"id":8824,"date":"2022-02-26T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/nft\/epic-japanese-legal-struggle-over-monero-mining-widget-finally-comes-to-a-close\/"},"modified":"2022-02-26T18:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:21:46","slug":"epic-japanese-legal-struggle-over-monero-mining-widget-finally-comes-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nftandcrypto-news.com\/nft\/epic-japanese-legal-struggle-over-monero-mining-widget-finally-comes-to-a-close\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Japanese Legal Struggle over Monero Mining Widget Finally Comes to a Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"image\"><figcaption>Source: Adobe\/Luca Lorenzelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Japanese music site developer &#8212; who has been fighting the police in the country\u2019s courts after he was fined for adding a widget that mines monero (XMR) to his website &#8212; has won his Supreme Court case against law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<p>The case dates back to late 2017, when the Yokohama-based Moroi Seiya (34) used a crypto miner <strong>Coinhive<\/strong>-developed app on his websites that made site visitors mine monero. The app, since discontinued by Coinhive, distributed 30% of the tokens mined to developers, with 70% going to the site publisher.<\/p>\n<p>In the period 2017-2018, the Japanese police carried out a crackdown on certain types of crypto mining software and web plugins that make use of third-party central processing unit (CPU) power, labeling a number of mining apps \u2013 particularly Coinhive-developed tools \u2013 as \u201cviruses.\u201d Over a dozen web publishers across the country were hit with fines.<\/p>\n<p>Moroi, as reported back in 2018, was hit with a USD 900 fine, but launched a lengthy legal battle against the police, claiming at the time that he \u201ccertainly didn\u2019t think\u201d he \u201cwas doing anything illegal\u201d by using the app.<\/p>\n<p>An epic legal struggle ensued, culminating in a final act last year when he won the right to take the case to the Supreme Court, after failing with his case in a branch of the Tokyo High Court.<\/p>\n<p>But, per Supreme Court documents, the highest court in the land ruled that crypto mining software could not be considered malware, as the police had originally claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Moroi stated that he had made no secret of the fact that he was running Coinhive code on the site, so had not engaged in the \u201cdeception\u201d of site visitors. 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In a blog post, he thanked the group, as well as his legal team, noting that &#8220;even though I was [found] not guilty, I have many things to reflect on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>____<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><br \/>&#8211; Bitcoin &amp; Crypto Mining in 2022: New Locations, Technologies, and Bigger Players<br \/>&#8211; Crypto Security in 2022: Prepare for More DeFi Hacks, Exchange Outages, and Noob Mistakes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; How to Protect Yourself From the Crypto Mining Malware<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Mt.Gox Saga Reaches Another Milestone, What Now?<br \/>&#8211; Japanese Regulator Eyes Stablecoin, Wallet Provider Regulations in 2022<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Adobe\/Luca Lorenzelli \u00a0 A Japanese music site developer &#8212; who has been fighting the police in the country\u2019s courts after he was fined for adding a widget that mines monero (XMR) to his website &#8212; has won his Supreme Court case against law enforcement agencies. 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