A Japanese music website developer – who fought police in the country’s courts after being fined for adding the mining utility Monero (XMR) to his website – is preparing to sue the Supreme Court law enforcement agencies won.

Monero mining utility litigation is over

The incident dates back to late 2017 when Yokohama-based company Moroi Seiya, 34, used a cryptocurrency mining app developed by Coinhive on its websites to trick website visitors into mining for money. Since Coinhive’s app shut down, it has distributed 30% of the tokens mined to developers, with 70% going to the website publisher.

In 2017-2018, Japanese police cracked down on certain types of cryptocurrency mining software and web plugins that use the power of third-party central processing units (CPUs) to power some mining apps – most notably the tool developed by Coinhive – to be labeled as “viruses”. More than a dozen web publishers across the country have been fined.

Moroi was reportedly fined $900 in 2018 but launched a lengthy legal battle against police, claiming at the time he “certainly didn’t think” he was doing anything illegal with the app.

An epic legal battle ensued, culminating in a final lawsuit last year when he won the right to take the case to the Supreme Court after losing his case in a judicial branch of the Tokyo Supreme Court.

However, according to the Supreme Court document, the country’s highest court has ruled that cryptocurrency mining software cannot be considered malware, as police initially stated.

Moroi claims that he makes no secret of the fact that he runs Coinhive code on the site, so is not involved in “fooling” site visitors. He also noted that running the script earned him only $9 worth of tokens — a fact that makes the size of the fine difficult to justify.

Moroi’s legitimate campaign was funded and supported in part by the Japan Hackers Association. In a blog post, he thanked the team and his legal team, noting that “although I’ve been found not guilty, I have a lot to think about.”

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