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Woman Arrested for Selling Demon Slayer Anime Cakes; earned more than $ 50,000
As in the case of a woman, who had the idea of creating funny anime inspired cakes Demon Slayer and that won him a lawsuit from the producers from the Japanese comic.
The demand for the production of Demon Slayer came with the sale of the cakes is for the image of the characters, something that infringed the copyright or copyright of the series.
According to a report by Kyodo News, on November 9, the police in Mukojima, Japan, reported that a 34-year-old woman sold cakes decorated with Demon Slayer through the Instagram social network, for which a lawsuit will proceed against you.
The woman sold each piece of cake for about $ 80.
According to the report, Each piece of cake was offered to its customers at a price of between 13 and 15 thousand yen, about $ 80 and it is estimated that he had income of more than $ 57,000 during the period that he sold the product.
“I thought it would sell if I did it with a character from the popular anime. I knew it was a crime, ”said the woman named by the Japanese authorities.
It was in February when the owners of the rights to Demon Slayer They obtained the information of the sale, for which they proceeded to sue the woman. It is not known if she will pay a fine or be processed to reach prison.