Japan tightens copyright law
Downloading pirated material made illegal
|
More Articles:
Most Viewed:
'New Moon' crosses $200 million(4891 views)Invictus(2127 views)The costs of Hollywood spending(1759 views)Hollywood sea of change(1502 views)Pearce hops on to 'Hungry Rabbit'(677 views) |
Uploading of pirated music and video content is already proscribed, but downloading has been tolerated as long as it is for personal use.
Legislators have prescribed no penalties for illegal downloads, counting on a strong cultural aversion against lawbreaking to keep netizens in line.
Illegal uploading of video content, particularly toons, is rampant at Japanese file-sharing and other sites, however, leading to large losses for Japanese toonmakers.
