Japanese ISPs Agree to Ban Pirates from the Internet
Written by enigmax on March 15, 2008Following a huge increase in complaints from the music, movie and software industries, the four major Japanese ISP organizations have agreed that they will work with copyright holders to track down copyright infringing file-sharers and disconnect them from the internet.
In 2006, a Japanese ISP decided to plan measures to stop their subscribers using file-sharing software, by tracking their activities and disconnecting them from the Internet. The plan didn’t come to fruition as the government stepped in and said that such monitoring might have privacy implications.
Now, under huge pressure from the movie, music and software industries, the four major ISP organizations in Japan are at it again, and have agreed to take drastic action against online pirates.
According to the report in Yomiuri Shimbun, the agreement would see copyright holders tracking down file-sharers on the Internet using “special detection software” and then notifying ISPs of alleged infringers. ISPs would first send out emailed warnings to those traced, then interrupt the Internet connection if action to cease the activity isn’t taken. For persistent breaches, the ISP would ultimately terminate the accounts of its subscribers.
These four major ISP organizations - which include Telecom Service Association and the Telecommunications Carriers Association - are made up of around 1,000 other ISPs, a large portion of the Japanese market. In collaboration with the copyright holders, the ISPs will set up a panel in April to decide exactly how the system should operate.
Right now, there is a lot discussion surrounding the suggestion that persistent file-sharers could be banned from the internet. So far there have been proposals in France, the UK and Australia.
During December last year we reported that the number of internet users file-sharing in Japan had increased by a 180% in a single year.
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[quote comment="312009"]sure kiddy porn is fine there but they do this? Those wacky chinks…[/quote]
yup, seems to be. japan’s double standards suck!!!
[quote comment="312639"]Wonder if the ISPs are prepared for the revenue hit the disconnection of all the file sharers will cause ? And who will they serve when there are no subscribers ?[/quote]
lolll…ha ha ha
excellent point raised
u know what. i think that japanese would/should stop watching American movies( read as MPAA).
I think Japanese, Korean and some European movies are examples of far honest film making than most of the shit vomited out from Hollywood.
Proof:
Checkout
1. 200 Pounds beauty,
2. One Missed Call/ Ringu
3. The Band’s Visit
All in all, there are not that many big internet users. The only ones they should ban are the ones hosting the big files and doing constant transfers at high speeds. Those are the ones hosting the big files. I mean each and every individual users like us don’t download files constantly or every single movie, song etc. The casuals I meant… The others who do, are usually the ones doing the hosting or are providing storage for the ’scene’. The way I see it, if ISP’s start downgrading there high speeds, it’ll eventually pay off when DVD dies out and Blu-Ray becomes standard. If you think about it, internet is mainly used for freedom of information but where does all this unnecessary added BW come from? Like giving a casual car over 100 mph. No needs to drive that fast unless they are racers, speeders etc. I mean no highway states over 120 at the most. Blame the ISP for offereing supreme bw speeds for all time low price. They started it and now they want to stop it. In the real sense, all of us need no more than 10mbit and those 100mbit should only be used for other means.
http://himazuj.blogspot.com/2008/03/japanese-isps-to-ban-file-sharers-not.html
probably the reason why i can’t connec t to most of the seeds from japan, 14(3445)seeds & 80(257)tracked on dattebayo.com (naruto) bleh!
Is this new? I’ve received a letter in the past from my (ex-)ISP basically saying I’ve been caught file-sharing, listing the files they knew I had and telling me to stop or I’d have my connection terminated. I really can’t see how this is a drastic measure considering it’s pretty much how things are dealt with everywhere else.
good no more anime shit eating the bandwidth
I think the ISP’s would love the early disconnection fees.
oh noes!!!
my naruto
lmao!
Have fun being the NET police…
Once this starts happening to a mass populace, someone will figure a way a around it.
The human race is more resilient then
they seem….
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