What will happen to file sharing in Japan in 2010?

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There are four major ISP organizations in Japan made up of 1000+ ISPs and they have all come to an agreement that they aren’t going to stand for any piracy in their country. They are banning all illegal file sharing by committing to shut down anyone caught using file sharing to infringe on copyrights.
“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.”
There is some possibility that the ISPs will be unable to follow through with this method of cracking down on computer crime because of the privacy violations that the tracking software might cause. A panel will be put in place next month to better outline the details of the plan.

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Are they calling this Skynet?

sounds like a plan to me they should do that here in the US people dont understand how much they hurt the economy when people do this p2p file sharing torrent crap if they dont pay it ceases any more productions and ultimately killing the industry

It’s crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide, so I know just what you mean, @master_mind413.

@master_mind413 That is both true and false. The movie industry in america increases revenue from year to year, even with all the piracy. Things need to change, but to say that there is a major damage to american economy and the industry because of it, is just wrong. In some aspects and for some artists it is detrimental, others wouldn’t be known without it. Don’t just buy into the statements made from the anti-piracy side.

I am not saying that piracy is all right, I am saying that it isn’t as simple as “piracy is theft”.