Do I hear JASRAÇ jackboots at the door?

[matsuki]

I meant "add-ons"

just don't go overboard with them...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Of course I meant "add-ons", but bloody autocorrect is a real bitch sometimes!

Didn't realize....I'm a Luddite, so I wouldn't have known there was a difference to begin with, anyhow...

[Taro Toporific]

Just a reminder*, in Japan using or owning a Java-based YouTube downloader" or a "Firefox add-on" to download and save media from YouTube is expressly forbidden by Japan's new Jailtime-for-Downloading Law.

*Keep your software tools and downloads in an encrypted partition
or a removable storage device that's is well hidden from the JASRAÇ jackboots.

[yanpa]

What about the Bittorrent client I use to download Linux ISOs?

[Taro Toporific]

What about the Bittorrent client I use to download Linux ISOs?

Legal downloading of stuff like a Linux ISO using a Bittorrent client is EXPRESSLY illegal according to the (hastily written) new anti-piracy law, which was one of the major complaints the Japanese public made after the law was passed. Japanese authorities now seem to be saying that they will handle legal uses of a Bittorrent client on a "case-by-case basis."
The new law also made watching YouTube illegal or using NTT's HikariTV's built-in DVR illegal, but authorities decided to "reinterpret" the new law so that those illegal uses are magically now legal.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Just a reminder*, in Japan using or owning a Java-based YouTube downloader" or a "Firefox add-on" to download and save media from YouTube is expressly forbidden by Japan's new Jailtime-for-Downloading Law.

*Keep your software tools and downloads in an encrypted partition
or a removable storage device that's is well hidden from the JASRAÇ jackboots.

Cool! I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to live for the next couple of years. They can jail me and save me the worry of thinking about how I'm going to make a buck. I wish I'd become a criminal years ago.

[matsuki]

new anti-piracy law

"case-by-case basis"

"reinterpret"

Japaneeeeeze stairu "law"

[Russell]

European Court: Convictions for File-Sharing Violate Human Rights

The European Court of Human Rights has declared that the copyright monopoly stands in direct conflict with fundamental Human Rights, as defined in the European Union and elsewhere. This means that as of today, nobody sharing culture in the EU may be convicted just for breaking the copyright monopoly law; the bar for convicting was raised considerably. This can be expected to have far-reaching implications, not just judicially, but in confirming that the copyright monopoly stands at odds with human rights.

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[Coligny]

Fucking commies...

Wait... they speak ab00t 'culture' so that leaves all MPAA produced shit out of the loop...

[Taro Toporific]

Goofy Google Translate of Google News warns of....

P2P file sharing software Winny user node significantly decrease approximately 20 000 units
ITmedia News | 2013/02/23 (goofy Google Translate)
According to a survey conducted in January this year of Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS), the number of P2P file sharing software users has been greatly reduced.
Survey results from search-bot crawling, Japanese file sharing software that , Winny nodes such as being 20,000 units, a decrease of units 14 000 from March last year, that the number of Japanese users has been greatly reduced...
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Arrests of 27 people in a crackdown of copyright infringement by Japanese using file-sharing software
My Navi News | 2013/02/23 (goofy Google Translate)
February 22, police announced the results of intensive crackdown simultaneous case of violation of copyright law of using file-sharing software. Police in 47 prefectures carried out these arrests in the fourth major crackdown since 2009.
According to the announcement of the authorities, carried out a "centralized enforcement" for three days from February 19 through 21...
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[Samurai_Jerk]

Arrests of 27 people in a crackdown of copyright infringement by Japanese using file-sharing software
My Navi News | 2013/02/23 (goofy Google Translate)
February 22, police announced the results of intensive crackdown simultaneous case of violation of copyright law of using file-sharing software. Police in 47 prefectures carried out these arrests in the fourth major crackdown since 2009.
According to the announcement of the authorities, carried out a "centralized enforcement" for three days from February 19 through 21...
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So police in 47 prefectures arrested 27 people?

[matsuki]

Arrests of 27 people in a crackdown of copyright infringement by Japanese using file-sharing software
My Navi News | 2013/02/23 (goofy Google Translate)
February 22, police announced the results of intensive crackdown simultaneous case of violation of copyright law of using file-sharing software. Police in 47 prefectures carried out these arrests in the fourth major crackdown since 2009.
According to the announcement of the authorities, carried out a "centralized enforcement" for three days from February 19 through 21...
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So police in 47 prefectures arrested 27 people?

That's pretty damn efficient...for Japan

[Taro Toporific]

So police in 47 prefectures arrested 27 people?

That's pretty damn efficient...for Japan

Man Arrested for Downloading Anime, Games, Manga in Japan
animenewsnetwork.com / 2013-04-11
Police in Chikushino City in Fukuoka Prefecture filed an arrest against a 39-year-old unemployed male Kasuga City resident on Thursday for allegedly using file-sharing software to download anime, games, and manga. According to the police, the suspect used the file-sharing software Share and Perfect Dark...
...The authorities said that the suspect has been using file-sharing software for 10 years, and that he turned himself in to the police in December after seeing arrest reports appear on the 2channel forum. The suspect allegedly explained that he downloaded for his own personal viewing, and police said that his personal computer had more than 10,000 downloaded files of copyrighted materials...
...According to NHK, no cases were filed for illegal downloading in the first three months since these penalities went into effect.
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[Coligny]

Compared to aum member trying to turn themselves in, that's a colossal improvment from the j-popo...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I wish I could turn myself into the Police...I'd be Sting.

[wagyl]

I wish I could turn myself into the Police...I'd be Sting.

Any excuse to link SpikeJapan... see the video marked "Sting- Seagaia CF" about a fifth of the way down the page.

[pallidknight]

I wish I could turn myself into the Police...I'd be Sting.

[Taro Toporific]

LDP to propose that Japanese ISPs must save the Internet access records of users
yomiuri.co.jp | 2013May20 (goofy Google Translate)
　The Counter-Terrorism Committee of the Liberal Democratic Party proposed an Action Plan on Internet security measures that the government should take before the end of the year...
...ISPs will be required to save of web access records of their users to assure a way of tracking them and to identify suspects of cyber crime... it was also proposed establishment of an organization to perform analysis and information gathering...more...
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Original Japanese -- Yomiuri Shimbun 20 May 2013 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/news/20130520-OYT1T01056.htm

[Coligny]

do they realize how many m.o. disk they will need ? and that sony stopped making them years ago ?

Those guys are infuriatingly arrogant...

They just skip the "false flag" step and go directly full retard...

Boston sumthing sumthing: let's spy on the whole internet... because sumeone... sumwhere... might be doing sumthing that could be illegal... and we can't have that... It's much more dangerous than nukular powerplant shitting themselves... we could end up with people putting caption on picture of Dear Leader Shinzo "bloody turd" Abe... Or worse spreading harmfull rumors damaging tepco's shareholders precious muney...

The first one going "doing nothing wrong/ nothing to hide" have to post :
His date, place of birth
SSN
CC and bank account numbers
all registered emails
current address and phone #
pictures of all his underwear before laundry

And then can pretty much go fuck himself and say thanks for the lesson learned...

[Russell]

Why bother?

They just can get the data from the Mericans.

[matsuki]

do they realize how many m.o. disk they will need ? and that sony stopped making them years ago ?

Those guys are infuriatingly arrogant...

They just skip the "false flag" step and go directly full retard...

Boston sumthing sumthing: let's spy on the whole internet... because sumeone... sumwhere... might be doing sumthing that could be illegal... and we can't have that... It's much more dangerous than nukular powerplant shitting themselves... we could end up with people putting caption on picture of Dear Leader Shinzo "bloody turd" Abe... Or worse spreading harmfull rumors damaging tepco's shareholders precious muney...

The first one going "doing nothing wrong/ nothing to hide" have to post :
His date, place of birth
SSN
CC and bank account numbers
all registered emails
current address and phone #
pictures of all his underwear before laundry

And then can pretty much go fuck himself and say thanks for the lesson learned...

So they want to hire millions of people to start reviewing everyone's internet usage? WTF

[Samurai_Jerk]

do they realize how many m.o. disk they will need ? and that sony stopped making them years ago ?

Those guys are infuriatingly arrogant...

They just skip the "false flag" step and go directly full retard...

Boston sumthing sumthing: let's spy on the whole internet... because sumeone... sumwhere... might be doing sumthing that could be illegal... and we can't have that... It's much more dangerous than nukular powerplant shitting themselves... we could end up with people putting caption on picture of Dear Leader Shinzo "bloody turd" Abe... Or worse spreading harmfull rumors damaging tepco's shareholders precious muney...

The first one going "doing nothing wrong/ nothing to hide" have to post :
His date, place of birth
SSN
CC and bank account numbers
all registered emails
current address and phone #
pictures of all his underwear before laundry

And then can pretty much go fuck himself and say thanks for the lesson learned...

Let's just hope they don't start going after people who view porn without the mosaics. We'll all be seriously fucked if they do.

[Coligny]

I think I can have an exemption for the clinic...

There is a business to take here...

Medical porn training webcafe... thing...

Let's just hope they don't start going after people who view porn without the mosaics. We'll all be seriously fucked if they do.

Can I look at my dick when I take a leak or should I aim blind ? with my cheezburger belly it's getting harder to see even my feets anyway...

At a friend's place... the was a full size mirror hung just behind the loo...
It's quite disturbing to watch yourself take a leak... (notihing in the bedrooms ceiling though....)

[matsuki]

Let's just hope they don't start going after people who view porn without the mosaics. We'll all be seriously fucked if they do.

While I know that many of them get around the mosaic by viewing "export versions" of JAV, I had two j-youngin's recently ask me "you actually like porn without mosaic?! How can you watch that stuff?!" They were seriously weirded out by it ...all I could manage in response was "you don't have a mosaic you're own dick when you're banging a girl, why would you want a mosaic in your porn?" They shrugged it off as "cultural differences" and how they grew up with mosaic porn.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Let's just hope they don't start going after people who view porn without the mosaics. We'll all be seriously fucked if they do.

While I know that many of them get around the mosaic by viewing "export versions" of JAV, I had two j-youngin's recently ask me "you actually like porn without mosaic?! How can you watch that stuff?!" They were seriously weirded out by it ...all I could manage in response was "you don't have a mosaic you're own dick when you're banging a girl, why would you want a mosaic in your porn?" They shrugged it off as "cultural differences" and how they grew up with mosaic porn.

Yeah, I've heard Japanese people say they preferred mosaic porn because the uncensored stuff is too graphic for them. I countered with why not just watch softcore porn then? That was too difficult of a concept for them to comprehend though.

The whole requiring a mosaic thing is fucking weird. Though I think porn should be legal I kind of get why hardcore porn is illegal in some places. However, allowing it to be sold as long as the genitals are a bit pixelated makes zero fucking sense. Incidentally, videos of women blowing dogs don't require a mosaic.

[Coligny]

Check the KIDM series, especially those with Yuria Kamijiyo, it's more cocktease than porn. They play around censorship with light and shadows in a fun way without any mosaic.

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[wangta]

Excuse my ignorance about internet laws etc in Japan but it would be good to find out what's going on before I return.

Taro said something about how originally the new laws passed whenever made youtube functions illegal tho it's been reinterpreted since. Does this mean that new law technically makes posting videos from youtube somewhere else like on a forum or blog illegal?

Also what's the deal about watching free content on websites that host free tv show, movie, sports events streaming? I don't download anything but I do go to some websites based in Europe that can give me events that free tv doesn't show. I am not talking about file sharing sites here - just sites that host 'paid tv' like cable programs for free. Will such websites be blocked when I hook up an internet connection in Japan?

Lastly, what's the deal with wifi in Japan? I was very happy when I found out that my old 'apartment' (not really, a horrible one room with the toilet and basin , no real shower and no bath) was located in a place where a strong wifi signal was available thru a hotspot. Believe it or not I didn't pay one shipwon for wifi during my last job in Korea - I just hooked up my laptop to the connection. As long as you have a good security program you can surf the net from those wifi hotspots without damaging your computer. I never hooked up to wifi by disabling my security or firewall tho some people recommend that.

I can't imagine Japan letting anybody surf the net tada. Legally in Korea at the moment, you can access wifi for free if there is a hotspot or somebody's connection is open. If you don't secure your connection then that's your problem. I doubt very much I will be able to have free internet in Japan the same way.

[Taro Toporific]

whenever made youtube functions illegal tho it's been reinterpreted since. Does this mean that new law technically makes posting videos from youtube somewhere else like on a forum or blog illegal?

The Japanese government has made Youtube "responsible" for copyright violation. You can post any Youtube on this forum legally.

what's the deal about watching free content on websites that host free tv show, movie, sports events streaming? I don't download anything but I do go to some websites based in Europe that can give me events that free tv doesn't show. I am not talking about file sharing sites here - just sites that host 'paid tv' like cable programs for free. Will such websites be blocked when I hook up an internet connection in Japan?

Euro sites like BBC are blocked but many gaijin use a free rerouting service like Hola Unblocker (or pay for a VPN) to watch the BBC.
Hola is especially good if you watch to watch legal streaming services like Netflix or Hulu, which are blocked in Japan. Watching legal streaming services using an unblocker/VPN
Hardcore downloading gaijin use encrypted seedboxes, but that's sort of overkill if a free unblocker like Hola is doing the job.

I can't imagine Japan letting anybody surf the net tada. Legally in Korea at the moment, you can access wifi for free if there is a hotspot or somebody's connection is open. If you don't secure your connection then that's your problem. I doubt very much I will be able to have free internet in Japan the same way.

Free WiFi in Japan is harder to find than in Europe or North America, but it's out there. I have made a mental map of convenient free WiFi places such as Starbucks, train stations, next to electronics shops, etc. If I was in an office every day, I would get a pocket WiFi router (around 4000yen/m).

[Taro Toporific]

Copyright infringement---
Five arrested for illegal uploading of music using "μTorrent" file sharing software
JASRAÇ (Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers) website / June 21, 2013
...Five men in Osaka Prefecture have been sent to the Osaka District Public Prosecutors Office who had illegally uploaded music using "μTorrent" file sharing software.
...Osaka Prefecture residents, two university students (both 21 years old), one high school student (18 years of age) and two part-time workers (a 33-year-old and a 23-year-old) ...
..This has been the first time that JASRAC have had users of "Bit Torrent" file sharing prosecuted ...

[BigInJapan]

..This has been the first time that JASRAC have had users of "Bit Torrent" file sharing prosecuted ...

I wonder if this only applies to Japanese music that infringes on domestic copyrights, hence the action by JASRAC.