#illegal downloads

Torrentz.eu has been shut down by UK anti-piracy police in order to lessen illegal file sharing. Here in the Philippines, the government has also been trying to diminish illegal downloading. They can't blame us, though, we Filipinos love our torrents for getting free stuff. We even ranked top 10 in BitTorrent downloads a few years back. The Japanese government has just passed a law that makes it illegal to download copyright materials. 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. Read more in our articles including "Goodbye, Torrentz.eu" and "Japan passes Anti-Downloading Law ".