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Japanese Government Plants Anti-Piracy Warnings Inside Fake Downloads

Last year saw a major upgrade in Japan's anti-piracy legislation in an attempt to shift Internet users away from file-sharing…

9 years ago

File-Sharing App Creator Not Guilty of Copyright Infringement

After a legal process lasting more than 7 years, the creator of Japan's most popular P2P file-sharing application has finally…

10 years ago

Japanese BitTorrent User Avoids Virus, But Not the Police

A 31-year old Japanese man has admitted to uploading 3 TV-shows and sharing 165 more on BitTorrent after he was…

12 years ago

Police Arrest ‘Wanted’ P2P Pre-Releaser

Cyber-crime police have arrested a man who uploaded the movie 'Wanted' to a file-sharing network. The man, Kazushi Hirata, was…

14 years ago

Virus Threatened to Kill File-Sharers, Creator Arrested for Copyright Infringement

The author of a bizarre virus which threatened to kill file-sharers has been arrested in Japan. Has he been arrested…

14 years ago

Japanese File-Sharing Population Explodes

In just over a year the number of internet users file-sharing in Japan has increased by a staggering 180%, says…

14 years ago

Bizarre Virus Threatens to Kill File-Sharers

A strange virus which taunts file-sharers and threatens to report them to the police and even kill them, is being…

15 years ago

Filesharing gains popularity in Japan

Filesharing is getting more popular in Japan according to a recent survey by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).…

16 years ago