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Japan passes Anti-Downloading Law

The Japanese government has just passed a law that makes it illegal to download copyright materials. The Anti-Downloading Law imposes a 2-year jail term and a fine of 2 million yen (or around $26,000).

The number of illegal downloaders have greatly surpassed the legal downloaders in Japan by 10:1 and the number is dwindling every year.

Japan is known for really high-speed internet but that is at the cost of preventing people from using peer-to-peer networks to upload illegal content.

The country has already a law that criminalizes uploading of illegal content with fines of up to 10 million yen (about $128,000) and a prison term of up to 10 years.

This time around, the Japanese government is also penalizing everyone that is caught downloading illegal content.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

27 Responses

  1. Avatar for jam jam says:

    inakupo! may gagayahin na nman ang mga mambabatas natin!!!!

  2. Avatar for Blank Blank says:

    Downloading copyrighted materials is illegal:
    I think some of the reasons we still download are:
    1. we cannot afford or too expensive (Php350+/dvd/cd)
    2. it is not available in the country (anime,tv series, manga,etc)
    3. many more.

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