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 $26,000PHP 1,525,823INR 2,203,495EUR 24,760CNY 189,236).
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 $128,000PHP 7,511,744INR 10,847,974EUR 121,894CNY 931,622) 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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Sanctuarian06 says:
Uh oh! This might the start of infiltrating internet freedom.
daniel says:
awww! panu yan? san mo pa gagamitin 50mbps subscription mo kung mmay ganito?
Ralph says:
Poor Japan.. Just hope Philippines would not suffer the same fate..
raven says:
sana wag di2 yan.. si ako pa naman si “ok lng gastusan hardware, ang software nakakacrack”
voltes5 says:
Somehow i feel like the internet freedom we have today may soon be gone in the next years..idont know, mybe it’a just me..do you guys feel the same way?
Prime Health says:
Ouch! Hanep sa batas ah! Kasama ba yan sa depensa nila laban sa China? Wehehe…
Josh says:
I’m poor thats why!
agentorenz says:
obviously, ang nag-pasa ng batas na to ay mga puppet ng corporations. Kung isang ordinary consumer lang ang gagawa ng batas, ang pinamagandang ginawa ay batas para ibaba ang presyo ng software licenses para lahat makaka-bili. Ang takaw kasi sa profit e.
Ron says:
This is a lot better than the libel clause on our Cybercrime Law.
Downloading copyrighted materials are wrong, everybody knows that. But when your opinions deemed malicious by others could be the basis of a libel case?
Techjunkeez says:
Match this with the Cybercrime bill that we have here and internet is all Doom.
Filbook says:
Just use peerblock gentlemen.
Denmark says:
I dont think same Law will be implemented here in Pinas, government dont have a capability pra hulihin ang mga nagdadownload. Government website nga lang di nila masecure eh.
bom says:
naku pano tayo magkakasya sa kulungan nyan. malamang 50% ng population natin sa kulungan ang future.
Yoyo says:
Because downloading illegally is WRONG. Although there are things that I think should be allowed to be downloaded freely by certain circumstances (like e-books for students), most are just not.
Greedy corporations? I don’t think so. These contents such as movies and music are considered luxury items, and not basic needs (ehem, greedy philippine corporations).
If you can’t buy it, you don’t deserve it. Unless of course if it’s a basic necessity.
Loki says:
Goodbye Free E-books, poverty is the reason why we download illegally. Our country first needs to solve poverty.
Nurse Hussein says:
No doubt, soon in the Philippines!
Wahaha says:
Hehehe.. kung sino man ang magpapasa ng batas na ganyan sa pinas dapat alisin nya lahat ng mp3, movies, wallpapers, apps at games nya na nadownload lang from illegal sources mula sa mga gadgets nila. kakahiya naman kung binabawal mo ang mga ito pero kapag nag ring ang cellphone mo ang ring tone ay gangnam style (na kinopya mo lang), hehehe.
etsong says:
Hello everyone,
Curious lang, are there any developers in here? Working for these small time to big time corporations developing softwares/patches in a rush only to find out after a few hours of releasing the software find it in torrentbay?
are you a film maker – worked so hard on a project – developed for years, spent huge money — only to find it in torrent sites after sometime?
Nena says:
This is crazy! LOL.
User1 says:
Affected masyado mga pirata dito. Hahaha. If you can’t buy music, just stick to FM radio, if you cant buy movies, mag HBO na lang kayo.
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.
jam says:
inakupo! may gagayahin na nman ang mga mambabatas natin!!!!