Japanese games giant Sega is taking someone to court for their "excessive slanderous and insulting comments" towards one of their members of staff. 

In a post on its website – spotted by Eurogamer - the company said that it considered harassment of its staff to be a violation of their human rights. Sega hoped to resolve the matter, but the bad actor persisted. 

Sega says that it has reached a settlement with the person harassing its staff and they will be paying damages to the employee affected. 

"We have been dealing with a person (hereinafter referred to as the "subject") who has made excessive slanderous and insulting comments on social media against one of our employees for a long time, but as there has been no improvement, we have been forced to take legal action, and our request for disclosure of the sender's information has now been granted by the court. After identifying the subject and negotiating, we have reached a settlement in which the subject will pay damages to our employee, delete the slanderous and insulting comments, and refrain from such actions in the future. As this is a case related to a court proceeding, we ask that you refrain from making any inquiries regarding this matter.

"We consider slanderous acts against employees, such as announcements of violent acts, threats, and intimidation, to be serious human rights issues that damage the dignity of employees and lead to a deterioration of the work environment. We do not tolerate any harassing behavior, and in order to respect all employees and protect their human rights, we will continue to take appropriate action based on our Customer Harassment Policy when we judge any behavior to be malicious. Please review our Customer Harassment Policy and refrain from any behavior that damages the dignity of employees."