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Japanese ISPs The Latest To Bow To Pressure From The Entertainment Industry
from the but-how-will-nuclear-secrets-be-leaked-now? dept
It's no secret that the entertainment industry's anti-piracy strategy over the past year or so has focused increasingly on putting legal or peer pressure on ISPs to handle the problem, and there have been quite a few "success" stories (though, the long-term impact may be a lot less successful). The latest is that a bunch of Japanese ISPs have agreed to cut off the users of the incredibly popular "Winny" file sharing application (found via Slashdot) if the entertainment industry alerts them to the IP addresses of excessively heavy users. The ISPs will try to send warning messages to the account holders, but then will cut them off (either temporarily or permanently) if they don't change their usage. It's not clear how carefully the ISPs will review the information sent to them by the industry, or what form any "appeals" process might take. This is unlikely to be particularly effective, but Winny has long been a target in Japan. The creator of the software was found guilty of violating copyright laws even though there are plenty of legitimate uses of the software. Still, however, the press likes to focus on the more sensational data leaks that happened via Winny, including Japan's nuclear secrets.
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What about the guy who invented the "copy" command
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Copy command
Then they will be able to track everything you use that copy command on.
...all in the name of security mind you.
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Re: What about the guy who invented the "copy" com
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In the name of security
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DRM Copy, it for the children...
Its for the children!
Its for the children!
Its for the children!
maybe if I say it enough it will make sense.
Its for the children!
not working, keep saying it until it sinks in.
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One day, someone will be illegitimately wronged
Money will be lost, true grounds for law suit.
Real damages that can be assessed against both offending parties: ISP and issuer of "take-down".
It is sad that it takes a court-order to get someone to do the right thing. How litigious the US has become where any action s requires a waiver; any upset is met with lawyers in suit. When businesses like an ISP respond to the fear of law suits.
The end is near;
or maybe has already
and we missed it in our rush to sue.
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How about...
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Makes Sense
P2P puts a lot of strain on networks. We want to increase broadband deployment but the cost of starting an ISP is so large that sometimes it isn't profitable to start networks in rural areas and P2P adds to that cost. Take Brett Glass owner of Lariat an ISP in Laramie, WY. He bans P2P because of the strain and cost it adds to the network. That may be extreme, so Japan's going after pirates may strike a good balance. Here's the link to how P2P affects smaller ISPs by Brett Glass.
http://www.brettglass.com/ITIF/
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