User User name Password  
   
Saturday 4.7.2009 / 10:09 PM
Search:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > news > japan will block internet access for illegal file sharers
Show topics
News
News

Japan will block Internet access for illegal file sharers

16 March 2008 18:49 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 35 comments

Japan will block Internet access for illegal file sharers A report by the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper has said that Japanese companies are planning to block Internet access to anyone who downloads unauthorized files via P2P or other methods.

The newspaper said that Japan's ISPs have been faced "with mounting complaints from the music, movie and video-game industries" and have agreed to take the drastic action. The ISPs will send e-mails to users who repeatedly download illegally and will then terminate their Internet connections if they do not cease and desist.

The ISPs will hold a panel next month with copyright holders to draft a set of guidelines. If this goes through, the actions will be the strictest measures ever taken to fight online piracy. The newspaper estimated that 1.75 million people in Japan use file-sharing software, mainly for unauthorized downloads.

A similar measure brought forth by a Japanese ISP two years ago was shot down when the government said it might violate the right to privacy.

We will keep you updated on any developments.

Permalink to this article

Get AfterDawn's news to your favourite feed reader! Share this story with your friends!
 

 
Related articles:

  • Controversial intellectual property treaty being drafted in secret (27 May 2008)
  • Bell Canada was throttling P2P traffic (27 March 2008)
  • Antigua to legalize US movie and music piracy? (22 March 2008)
  • German court rules in favor of file sharers (20 March 2008)
  • IFPI takes down music release group (20 March 2008)
  • China blocks YouTube access (16 March 2008)
  • SXSW panel to discuss mandatory online music licensing (13 March 2008)
  • The MP3 player turns 10 (12 March 2008)
  • Hulu set to launch tomorrow (11 March 2008)
  • Record companies target Irish ISP Eircom (11 March 2008)
  • Did Stage6 die of natural causes or was it killed? (10 March 2008)
  • Vudu gets upgrades (7 March 2008)
  •  

    « Previous news article
    Acer introduces 1080p Blu-ray notebooks
    Next news article »
    Six new DivX Certified Blu-ray players
     Post your comment
    Discuss this article!  There are more user comments available, read them here
    craftyzan (Member) 16 March 2008 21:51 Send private message to this user   
    Incription. They need to incript their butts.
    z3rofate (Junior Member) 16 March 2008 21:52 Send private message to this user   
    yea that would be their best bet. alot of it is personal video tho.
    jove (Newbie) 16 March 2008 23:27 Send private message to this user   
    uh oh! i can see it now! the goverment is pro DRM! its a conspiracy i tell you! conspiracy! what is this world coming too!!!!

    lol...ahem.
    z3rofate (Junior Member) 16 March 2008 23:29 Send private message to this user   
    yea i mean thats kinda scary. i think its a good thing tho. realize it or not. police investigations involving younger people usually get solved with pics on myspace, facebook and other social posting sites.
    susieqbbb (Inactive) 17 March 2008 2:26 Send private message to this user   
    Ha Ha Ha Ha i find this funny.

    Ok even if they are able to keep track of the individuals they will just use a ip address gender bender and change there ip address to a untraceable address.

    This most likely would deal in riots as well. Because i have had exchange students from japan and the thing you need to understand is the main reason why people pirate in japan is because software is more expensive there then here in the u.s.a and video games that cost us 60.00 here in the u.s.a go for 80.00 to 90.00 in japan quite a price difference.

    So i would like to see them try to stop piracy it won't happen unless japan shuts down bittorrent.
    ringwar (Newbie) 17 March 2008 3:47 Send private message to this user   
    NOT FUNNY! I live in Japan. And I get most of my TV shows from the net. Damn Dirty APES!!!!
    xempler (Newbie) 17 March 2008 9:53 Send private message to this user   
    When ISPs start policing and monitoring what you can and cannot use the internet for then it's cause for alarm.
    sandeep14 (Newbie) 17 March 2008 11:13 Send private message to this user   
    Would using a proxy help keep a user's IP annonymous from an ISP if they were to download via blogs and file hosting websites?
    spiesfan (Member) 17 March 2008 15:04 Send private message to this user   
    this continues to get more outrageous, how much farther do they think they can push people?
    atomicxl (Newbie) 17 March 2008 16:17 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by tripplite:
    although the states get out of hand at least are liberties aren't being suppressed, thats like saying you cant buy gun because 50% of gun owners will use it to commit a crime....i just can't explain it but it is a sad day for Japanese cyber rights...
    No, its like saying if you buy a gun and shoot someone, we'll warn you a few times. Once you've shot a total of 4 people, we'll ban you from buying guns.

    If it passes, this will work. Its not only one ISP, but its a ruling on ALL ISPs in Japan. I don't those hyper nerds will be like, "fine, I'll just cancel my internet and finally step outside." LOL, yeah right. Once they go a week without a MMO they'll be back on the net.

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 17 March 2008 16:19

    tripplite (Senior Member) 17 March 2008 18:20 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    No, its like saying if you buy a gun and shoot someone, we'll warn you a few times. Once you've shot a total of 4 people, we'll ban you from buying guns.

    If it passes, this will work. Its not only one ISP, but its a ruling on ALL ISPs in Japan. I don't those hyper nerds will be like, "fine, I'll just cancel my internet and finally step outside." LOL, yeah right. Once they go a week without a MMO they'll be back on the net.


    a pirate client is mostly used for steeling.....but is technically for file sharing non-copy righted files, or files that you have already legally purchased and have a copy of...and you know the rest

    a gun is technically supposed to be used to protect.....but is mostly used for killing....illegally........i dont have the word to express the rest...

    that was the connection i was and am still trying to make

    this will rise cyber crime to break the system+ create entirely new pirate rings+ increase the shipping of pirated materials into the country+ increase inside jobs from the ISP which were and still are to common.....this world...is rotting!!!.....

    (i'll give anyone a magic candy bar...if they can guess where that quote in bold came from!)
    ==============================================
    Quote:
    America is soon to follow.

    we will stand tall!
    -tripplite


    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18 March 2008 0:10

    DXR88 (Member) 18 March 2008 10:27 Send private message to this user   
    Not a movie tripplite but i know that quote also came from the Death-Note Anime Series.

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18 March 2008 10:37

    tripplite (Senior Member) 18 March 2008 18:37 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    Not a movie tripplite but i know that quote also came from the Death-Note Anime Series.

    dam now i lose my candy....



    better luck next time (4 me) huh?

    -tripplite


    DXR88 (Member) 18 March 2008 20:56 Send private message to this user   
    Haha. SO i was right
    craftyzan (Member) 19 March 2008 2:06 Send private message to this user   
    Someone's gonna figure out how to hide the file's identity from the snoopies. Where there's a will there's a way.
    Amir89 (Senior Member) 21 March 2008 2:16 Send private message to this user   
    This can be so easily circumvented by changing your IP..

    But nevertheless, this is a sad development for Japan, the world's fastest Internet Connections have just been rendered MOOT.



    Current Specs:
    ASUS Leucite P5LP-LE Mobo, Intel D 945G @3.4Ghz, 2x2Mb L2 Cache, 1Gb DDR2 SD RAM @677Mhz, Seagate Barracuda 250Gb @7,200Rpm, GeForce7600GT 512MB GDDR2, ASUSTek Tiger Digital/Analog TV Tuner, Samsung SyncMaster941BW 19" LCD, LG H20L DVD±R/RW DL LightScribe, LG GSA-4167B DVD±R/RW DL, Logitech Z-5500 505Watt 5.1 Surround


    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 21 March 2008 2:18 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by Amir89:
    This can be so easily circumvented by changing your IP..

    But nevertheless, this is a sad development for Japan, the world's fastest Internet Connections have just been rendered MOOT.
    ya but the masses need a easy to use program to do this... still have yet to figure out how to do a porxy ><

    For all the console/game fanboys out their.
    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles...Console-Rundown
    Oh god I can't stop laughing!!!
    ---
    And for the format nazi's I bring you HHD DVVD BVD's!!
    Ryu77 (Senior Member) 21 March 2008 4:04 Send private message to this user   
    Just to offer an experience that relates to this article very much...

    Not too long ago I recieved two e-mails from my ISP within close proximity of each other for illegal downloads. They were passed on from one of the media copyright protection bodies which I will not name to retain my animosity.

    However, these e-mails basically requested that I not do this again "cease and desist" or further action will be taken. Now, naturally I was really concerned. I thought I was going to get locked up! LOL! For days I researched these type of e-mails on the net and started to discover a very common theme with these e-mails. No matter who they were from (MPAA, RIAA, ESA etc.) they all had a very similar template.

    Upon further reflection and reading the e-mail more closely, I started to realise that my fears were unfounded... First of all, the "further action" they mentioned was simply cancelling my internet account. Exactly as this news article states. Is that a major problem? Not really! I would just find a new ISP and open a new account. Second of all, one of the e-mails stated a name of a media file that I know 100% that I didn't download as I already owned this piece of media... ?

    My point is that I think (I can not guarantee this) that these e-mails are automatically generated somehow (maybe some kind of trojan attached to the torrent) and sent to your host internet provider, quoting your "IP address" as that is all they can get from you. From there your Internet Provider passes on the e-mail to you as that is all that they can really do, thanks to a law called the "privacy act". I am not sure how far these copyright agencies need to go to actually obtain your personal details but I can only imagine it wouldn't be easy as our basic rights would be violated. It would be a costly exercise for them to do this as they would need to go down all the legal channels to obtain your details lawfully. If they ever did do this, it would be to prove a point and most certainly not to recover costs.



    "Dream... Believe... Achieve"

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 21 March 2008 4:09

    Mez (Senior Member) 26 March 2008 8:24 Send private message to this user   
    Sony has had a great year and it only just begun! They were able to kill HD DVD and now bribed the politicials of Japan to preserve the Japanese way.

    ringwar& Ryu77, in the US, Comcast and Cox are policing their users now. I heard from a friend who still does some P2P and has Comcast. He uses a torrent then drasticlly reduces his upload and download speeds as well as fully encrypts his uploads and downloads. He also uses TOR to browse the torrent sites. I would at least cut the volume down and encrypt ASAP. They can most easily find you by your traffic load and torrent protocals. I think once you have been identified as a supernormal traffic user you are put on a list. Your traffic is randomly checked for P2P protocals. This happens robotically but they can tell you what you downloaded last week because the isp can read the P2P protocals. Once you are on the watch list, your days are numbered. Your IPSs will be collecting data for the watch list before they start doing anything else.
    craftyzan (Member) 30 March 2008 7:37 Send private message to this user   
    What about sending a Tor IP address to the tracker? What does that do? Just curious.
    DXR88 (Member) 30 March 2008 14:59 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by Ryu77:
    Just to offer an experience that relates to this article very much...

    Not too long ago I recieved two e-mails from my ISP within close proximity of each other for illegal downloads. They were passed on from one of the media copyright protection bodies which I will not name to retain my animosity.

    However, these e-mails basically requested that I not do this again "cease and desist" or further action will be taken. Now, naturally I was really concerned. I thought I was going to get locked up! LOL! For days I researched these type of e-mails on the net and started to discover a very common theme with these e-mails. No matter who they were from (MPAA, RIAA, ESA etc.) they all had a very similar template.

    Upon further reflection and reading the e-mail more closely, I started to realise that my fears were unfounded... First of all, the "further action" they mentioned was simply cancelling my internet account. Exactly as this news article states. Is that a major problem? Not really! I would just find a new ISP and open a new account. Second of all, one of the e-mails stated a name of a media file that I know 100% that I didn't download as I already owned this piece of media... ?

    My point is that I think (I can not guarantee this) that these e-mails are automatically generated somehow (maybe some kind of trojan attached to the torrent) and sent to your host internet provider, quoting your "IP address" as that is all they can get from you. From there your Internet Provider passes on the e-mail to you as that is all that they can really do, thanks to a law called the "privacy act". I am not sure how far these copyright agencies need to go to actually obtain your personal details but I can only imagine it wouldn't be easy as our basic rights would be violated. It would be a costly exercise for them to do this as they would need to go down all the legal channels to obtain your details lawfully. If they ever did do this, it would be to prove a point and most certainly not to recover costs.

    If it indeed was a trojen or meerly a tracker attacker. you could metaphoricly speaking reverse engineer it get the information contained withen find out were the Ip tracker is coming from and ban it from reaching your network. or send it back to them with loads of Porno Pop ups attached to there automated reply.
    jordo947 (Newbie) 4 May 2008 19:43 Send private message to this user   
    BS! I just received a letter from my internet provider with an attached letter from the ESA sayin i downloaded halo... then knew the timestamp and everything. Optimum says if it happens repeatedly they will shut down my internet......
    gay!
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 4 May 2008 22:12 Send private message to this user   
    Originally posted by jordo947:
    BS! I just received a letter from my internet provider with an attached letter from the ESA sayin i downloaded halo... then knew the timestamp and everything. Optimum says if it happens repeatedly they will shut down my internet......
    gay!
    I would tell them my disc is scratched and I needed a backup :P
    Mez (Senior Member) 5 May 2008 6:47 Send private message to this user   
    craftyzan, You could DL the torrent with TOR but TOR is way too slow to DL anything of any size and that would really be abusing TOR. If you like, you could set your torrent for 2 KB DL and 1 KB upload. That would be much faster than TOR and would slip below the cyber radar.

    jordo947, I assume you have COX. You can try not DLing for a month or so and then start back up with full encryption. I would suggets Bit Comet. There are 3 settings for encryption off, ready and forced. You want the forced or on all the time setting. You will only send and accept encrypted packets. You might want to greatly reduce your UP and DL speeds. It is your volume that gets their attention. If you can greatly reduce your speeds they will bother someone else. If everything you do is encrypted they will not know what they are doing. I would also DL some legal stuff as well. Linux is particularly 'prickily' about ISPs interfearing with their business. If you get a second letter I would complain to them first before you complain to your ISP. By encrypting your flows, they can't tell what you are doing. That puts your ISP in a bind. It is illegal for ISPs to interfear with random torrent activity.

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 5 May 2008 6:55

    iluvendo (AfterDawn Addict) 6 May 2008 2:37 Send private message to this user   
    Did'nt the Japanese government learn anything from WWII and totalitarianism ?

    If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck!
    "The flimsier the product,the higher the price"
    Ferengi 82nd rule of aquisition
    hoppy54 (Junior Member) 6 May 2008 10:56 Send private message to this user   
    they will never police it and its quite rich really! coming from a nation that have copied evreything. a political statement by the looks of it..
     Post your comment
     

    Subscribe to our newsfeed

    Get the latest headlines delivered directly to your favourite RSS reader or content aggregation service by using the links below.

    AfterDawn.com: News - RSS feed
    Add to Google
    Add to My Yahoo!
    Add to MyMSN

    Search for headlines

    Search through our news archive.

    Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
    Music: MP3Lizard.com
    Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
    Software: Software downloads
    Blogs: User profile pages
    RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
    International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | download.fi
    Navigate: Search | Site map
    About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
    Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
     
      © 1999-2009 by AfterDawn Ltd.