In a landmark ruling that has sent ripples through the Asian filesharing community, Japanese ISPs have agreed to a three-strikes-and-your-out policy to rid the Internet of filesharing altogether.
Persistent filesharers keen to get free music downloads will be disconnected from the Internet after their third offense. A lot of Japanese people use filesharing program WinNY, so you can be sure there will be heaps of unhappy surfers in Japan.
ISPs will be alerted of the IPs of users who are getting dodgy music downloads. Persistent warnings will result in the plug being pulled on Internet connections.
Japan now joins Britain and France in similar moves to outlaw filesharing. Sweden looks set to impose such regulations as well.
It’s anyone’s guess which countries will be next to follow suit in the global battle against filesharing. If this trend continues, MTV will have to look elsewhere to get ideas for their programming.
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