Authorities have arrested a man accused of being the original uploader of pirated content on Nyaa, one of the world’s largest torrent indexes for anime, manga, games, and other Japanese media. According to the Japanese anti-piracy group CODA, the man acted as the “first uploader” by publishing the torrent file, which then allowed other users to begin downloading and sharing the drama. Article continues after adUnlike piracy websites that host copyrighted files directly, Nyaa indexes torrent files that let users share content through BitTorrent. Article continues after adThis landmark case follows the arrest of seven operators behind HiAnime, the world’s largest anime piracy streaming site. In this case, the group was accused of running over 100 websites and uploading more than 26,000 films without authorisation.