In addition to consulting the police to obtain the disclosure of user’s identities, we want to focus on user education.

Our copyright organization is working to eliminate copyright infringement by file sharing software. Please stop immediately.Īlso, from 1 October 2012, downloading content which is known to be available for sale is punishable by a maximum 2-year prison sentence and/or 2,000,000 yen fine. Knowingly downloading and of course uploading files that are protected by copyright law without the consent of the owner over the Internet is illegal copyright infringement. Others have operated in a grayer area, purposefully uploading files solely to track and eventually sue downloaders.īut this is rather novel: instead of the file they were expecting, the person receives the sort of warning most people wish they could skip past on their purchased DVDs.Ī Warning from the Organization to Raise Awareness of Copyrightįiles with the same name as this contain content which is in violation of copyright when distributed over P2P networks such as Winny or Share. Record labels have uploaded faux files to these networks for years - one of the most famous examples being Madonna’s sweary upload that asked would-be infringers just what the fuck they thought they were doing. However, once downloaded, the file is revealed to be a message appealing the user to reconsider their wicked ways.

The plan involves inserting files onto Japan’s popular P2P (peer-to-peer) file sharing networks such as Winny and Share which appear to contain popular copyrighted material. On 25 January, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications along with various motion picture and music associations announced their latest copyright protection measure, dubbed “Operation Decoy File.”

(Or maybe it is - legitimate downloading is down, suggesting people might be too scared to download from approved sources.) Either way, the government, in conjunction with various members of the concerned industries, has taken things a bit further, seeding warning messages in various P2P networks. Apparently, this deterrent isn’t having the desired effect.

Late last year, Japan instituted some of the more draconian anti-piracy laws to hit the books, making unauthorized downloading a criminal offense (along with backing up DVD content), punishable by up to two years in prison or fines of $21,000 (two million yen).

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