March 15 2008

Japanese ISPs To Ban File Sharers

Duncan Riley

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Japan has decided to beat France and the United Kingdom (both who have similar proposals) to become the first country to ban file sharers from the internet.

Oddly the agreement to do so has not come from the Japanese Government, but from Japan’s four internet service provider organizations after pressure (not surprisingly) from the record and movie industries. According to Torrent Freak, the agreement would see copyright holders tracking down file-sharers on the Internet using “special detection software” and then notifying ISPs of alleged infringers. File sharers will initially receive a warning for a first offense, then be disconnected for subsequent offenses, eventually be disconnected from the internet permanently (it wasn’t clear whether the agreement is a three strikes proposal).

The process will formally commence in April and will primarily target users of Winny, the most popular file sharing network in Japan.

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Matt_

March 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

In Japan Winny is akin to Kazza and most of those in the know use Share or Perfect Dark .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_(P2P)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P....._%28P2P%29
Frank

March 15th, 2008 at 3:29 pm

And thus began the next phase in the continuing war.

Expect military grade encryption to become the norm and darknets to abound. I wonder if the ISPs will simply make up rules that all encrypted traffic is suspect and then either demand the user prove that they aren’t guilty or be kicked.
your-site-is-down-lol

March 15th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

another stupid act by japan government who want to block something that is impossible! protect privacy? i don’t think so…
Paul Montgomery

March 15th, 2008 at 3:44 pm

Dude, it’s ISPs, not ISP’s. No possessive or contractive apostrophe is needed.
Marc

March 15th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

I agree with 4. No apostrophe is needed.
Mister Fingers

March 15th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Damn, there goes all the good JAV porn.
Grammar Nazi Much?

March 15th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

I agree with 6. There goes JAV porn.
pgepps

March 15th, 2008 at 4:35 pm

this is just reportage catching up, or else it’s different ISPs getting together on it. I know because I got a note about it from my ISP in Japan in 2004.

It’s important to remember that Japan is a totalitarian *society* at every level. Groups tend to regulate their members pretty heavy-handedly even when government is not directly involved (as it does not *seem* to be here).
Jonathan

March 15th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

I wonder if this will push darknets to go wireless? Those that want to share stuff could do so over local wifi networks completely independently of their ISPs. With Japanese population density being what it is, it would do the job pretty well I would think.
Jorge

March 15th, 2008 at 5:04 pm

Ah yes…the darknets…completely wireless…except for their backbone connections to the net through ISPs…

Think of all that time teenage boys spend trying to get around paying a few dollars for someone else’s hard work. Energy better spent getting laid.
Chris

March 15th, 2008 at 5:29 pm

Proposals like this one just make me laugh. There is no way this can work from a practical standpoint. Think about it. Internet subscribers are paying customers of the ISPs. There is no way the ISPs are going to be excessively aggressive since it only hurts them in the long run both in reputation (hurt by angry users) and in the pocket book…

So what happens then? The copyright owners are going to eventually want everyone who’s file sharing to get punished, and once the large fish are taken care of, then comes the masses. How many customers do you think an ISP is going to axe before they say, hold on a second, we are getting hammered here…

It’s a direct conflict of interest. Sure, it may allow the ISPs to say “Look, we are trying hard” but in reality they don’t really want file sharing to stop, it’s their bread and butter…
Winston

March 15th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

Well now there are two reasons to scratch Japan off my list of places to go to. Stupid ISP’s and Fingerprinting at the airport…
Riza

March 15th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

Completely agree with number 11. File sharing won’t stop, they’ll just find better ways to do it. Most people who engage in illegal behavior on the internet have better computer skills than the big companies.
Winnie

March 15th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

I hate Japan, I hate their cheap junk they send to the U.S. I hate everthing about Japan. I wish the ocean would just swallow it up.
Sebastian

March 15th, 2008 at 5:54 pm

i agree with 6 and 7. i am gonna miss that good porn. that is of course if the japan government can really put the pressure on the ISPs to follow through. which brings me to agree with 11. it is a conflict of interest and i find it pathetic that anybody couple come up with such lofty ideas and actually succeed.

i wont happen. so yay, porn is here to stay…at least in japan.
Sabeur

March 15th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

I swear Japan is going to make their own Internet? but if this type of technology gets to the west shores most people are going to get into trouble

But as someone mentioned above - the isp is going to hurt its own pocket because everyone file shares.
Gauged

March 15th, 2008 at 5:57 pm

People are getting so technical… Screw the Government of Japan, if I were japanese, I would wage anarchy on every informational and government place of work, all they are trying to do is control… get out your rafts, and weather balloons and tie urselves to them, sooner or later you will wash up on the california shore, and then you will be free… or just live in the agony of having nothing because your local ISPs are Dicks….
marie

March 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

I know from personal experience that independent artists can’t stay afloat for long and continue to produce content unless they are paid as a means of support, not as a means of greed. I know it’s not it’s not a popular idea but I just had to speak up. We all know a lot of good movies and music are coming from indi-artists and filmmakers right now. I think we should rally in support of original content.
Stu Piddas

March 15th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

Number 12. In the USA, forget fingerprints. Can you say REAL ID? You will be micro chipped! You won’t be able to go into a Federal building (not that I have any desire to) or an international airport without it or a passport (same deal) for DOMESTIC travel. They’ll do something drastic here in US and blame “terrorists” for it, again. They just won’t tell you that they’re the real terrorists. I have to go now. My friend George Orwell says, “Big brother is watching.” };p
James

March 15th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Another stupid move. If you stop one thing we go to the next. When will they ever learn.
Dan

March 15th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Ha ha I got a letter form Cablevision because I was downloading movies from a torrent.
yee ha!

March 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

I also agree with #6, there goes the porn! Damn it!
Mickey Mouse

March 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

New World Order just the beginning kinda like Hitlers infringement on the Jews.
Jimmy

March 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

Japan has never ceased to amaze me with their pioneering of superior principals in Asia. They are taking quite a juxtapose to China, as far as combating piracy goes, and this speaks multitudes for other things. I’m not an Otaku like I was before, but this story is impressive. It’s so ghetto to view pirated media. When did this world become a world of cheapskates?
Quid

March 15th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

This will cause a temporary recession in file sharing, no more than maybe two or three weeks. Probably less. After all, when the Blue-Ray discs came out, didn’t someone crack and bypass the code in under a week? No matter how good of a mousetrap the government builds, the masses shall always find a better mouse.
Mezzrack

March 15th, 2008 at 6:08 pm

Does anyone else realize how retarded this is so instead of banning people like oh I don’t know pedophiles or convicted criminls like identity thieves there going to ban normal people just trying to download a song instead of paying 30 bucks for cd
David

March 15th, 2008 at 6:08 pm

I completely agree with number 11 and 13. ISPs want their money, and if it means sacrificrificing (not sure if I spelled that right, I’ve been in a spelling slump.) i.e. allowing file sharing, then that’s a sacrifice they’ll be more than willing to make. Plus, as Riza said, people who engage in illegal behavior on the net, they’ve got mad, mad skillz when it comes to slipping big businesses. I think they work for Microsoft XD!

Just Kidding, just kidding, but yeah. This might work for a time, but it’s probably going to be a shortlived time. Too much money at risk and too many skill “professionals”(hackers…gotta love ‘em). Peace.
Bryant

March 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

Number 13 is right, their are a lot of people with exceptional computer skills, escpitially in Japan.
David

March 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

And to respond to number 24….When the year 2000 hit and everyone stopped fearing the Y2K virus (whatever the hell that meant(-_-)…Y2K…I don’t get it.).
hinata

March 15th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

wonder if japaness sub anime episodes will be affected? I hope not T.T
lol wut?

March 15th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

Japan ISPs are banning people that are using their product? Hmm…. lol wut?
Isabella

March 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

i’m not really sure what an ISP is, nor am i sure of what it does. but i do know enough to say that this is a really bad idea that will hurt us good folks who don’t do any file sharing. i propose that instead of doing what they propose just fine those who file share and then get rid of sites that allow file sharing. because, honestly, if the sites that allow file sharing are gone, then there will be no file sharing. end of story.
mike

March 15th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

japanese people are small so their brains are small too and they think of dumb ideas instead of big ideas!
im that guy

March 15th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

ANARCHY!!!!!!!!!!!
Bryan

March 15th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

If Canada or the United States follows Japan in this stupid rule, then about 70% of the network will be banned. I mean who HASNT shared a file? Seriously. If the stupid Japs wanna be stupid and ban there citizens, go ahead ‘cuz i will start a world war 3 over this if the rule is passed to north america >.>
papa

March 15th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

“They that give up liberty for a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety” Ben Franklin (……. said this WAY before the war in Iraq )
Bryan

March 15th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

btw david.

Y=Year
2=2
K=Thousand
R U sErIouS

March 15th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

anyway this will be civil war can you imgaine some of these world of warcraft players getting kicked off the internet?lol
KC

March 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

Just not sure how all this works. So they are cracking down on file sharing in Japan because people are getting illegal copies of movies and music videos and sharing etc? Please Respond. I appreciate.
yee ha!

March 15th, 2008 at 6:17 pm

do’nt worry about it, rock on, rock hard, and get laid, peace out!
Armus

March 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

this is just another attempt to stop something that can’t be stopped and really should not be. Information is free. All code is merely a series of 1s and 0s which add up to a number. You can’t protect a number. I know people want to make a living off of it but face facts, people will always find a way to steal your stuff. So instead of making $100 million you make $85 million. Stop being greedy or worst case, stop making the stuff in the first place. If you make it, we will steel it
Agree to 38. Bryan

March 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

If i got banned from warcraft, i would hunt down the ISP leaders, and plant a virus in theyre computers that ban their own computers from their own networks. That’ll show ‘em ^_^
Gigi

March 15th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

I currently live in Japan. I’m not really that savvy about file sharing, but what about Peer Guardian? Does it hide the IP address?
jimmy

March 15th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

NO FREE PORN…NO FREE MUSIC? BIG BROTHER AT IT AGAIN…. WHY CANT THEY JUST LET FOLKS BE FOLKS…….PEACE BROTHERS
BuzzBard

March 15th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

I agree with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, not 14, yes to 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, and me…28.
loon54

March 15th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

i agree with japan and the us should do the same i live in america born and raised in saint louis missouri but its common sense if we can see and hear things for free then who will pay 4 it and if nobody pays for it how can we see or hear the things we love cause they have a job 2 and if they dont sell or make a certain amount they will be cut off it is time you all it was good why it lasted but the internet is hurting a lot of things for a lot of ppl and if u were those artist actors or whoever u would feel the same way
Pricilla

March 15th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

I find it so cheap of Japan to try to do something like this…So there are a few file sharers, the music & film industry rip off teens as it is and charge over abundant prices for their crap anyway…Teens cannot afford all this, so give them a break already, stop being so cheap…The industries are already billionaires!
aASDASDF

March 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

my US isp threated to ban me for downloading
Art

March 15th, 2008 at 6:23 pm

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Statistically, no….not everyone shares files. Just the people/thieves that you know. I would also assume someone like that cheats on tests in school and other short-cut, something-for-nothing behaviour.
tortentor

March 15th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

Well it’s only a problem because 99.999% of file sharing is not good for the producers of the material being shared. Instead, why not simply add a tax to shut them up and be done with it?
Ezight

March 15th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

I just use my localally government funded public library.
There i can find games,cd’s to check out,all sorts of media.
The government cant stop public libraries.
Neither can RIAA
adam smith

March 15th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

That’s a bunch of crap. There’s no way they’ll be able to enforce that. There are legitimate file sharing programs so how will you be able to differentiate? No more sending photos? No more downloading songs? How can the technological gods ban file sharing?
Dick

March 15th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

I agree with no.5 for agreeing no.4.
Seconda

March 15th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

I dunno, it’s probably a better idea to convince users to buy the media rather than force them to. Sure, this means there will always be pirates and sharers, but most people I know don’t mind paying; it’s just easier to download it free. I’d like to quote Jonathan Coulton, in fact: “Already stole it? No problem, just make a donation!”

And no 19? That true? I’m international and we never had that.
anon

March 15th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

I agree with 4 and 6. I need my JAV.
Gigi

March 15th, 2008 at 6:26 pm

Ah yes number 46 those poor actors. Poor Nicole Kidman, or Tom Cruise. Poor Britney, she can’t spend her money like she used to.They are homeless , living on the streets. My heart breaks for them.

BTW I have a friend in the industry who file shares, so there is a bit of irony about that.
CrippledWing

March 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

haha..when will they learn, no matter how good a company is theres always a better programmer out there somewhere that will break open the new restrictions. Bet at most it will take a month before Japanese file sharing is alive and well again. It’s actually sort of sad that theres so many hackers not getting the credit they deserve out there, even so I’m happy they decide to stay solo rather than look for a job doing it for some company.
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

japan sucks, go china
kristen

March 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

i personally think of the internet as a way to expand knowledge, and this is just a way to hog things that should be shared with all of humanity. it’s like rich people. they keep it all for themselves, prefering to live in their own little bubble then do what’s right in the long run
I read the article

March 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

You dummies, didn’t you read this part of the article,

“Oddly the agreement to do so has not come from the Japanese Government, but from Japan’s four internet service provider organizations after pressure”

The ISPs agreed to this, not the governments. The entertainment business has strong influence over the ISPs in Japan.
Jim

March 15th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

They might be able to control the problem for a while…but it will continue.
I also agree with many here that Japan and the US should focus on internet issues that effect the masses…not the rich movie studios and artists.

I was in Japan a couple of months ago…and damn they have great work ethics over there. In NYC we just want to make more money and work less.

http://www.japanesecherries.com ENJOY
netboy

March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Everything in japan is licenced and nothing in japan are pirated.If they do that then more people from japan will buy softwares and movies and music etc which will cost a lot but it is the rite thing to do.Most of the softwares that people use all over the woirld are pirated i think this is good and i bet all of the other countries will follow this example
go to hell winnie and fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

japan is awesome. ur just jealous cuz japan kicks ass. and china sux fresno. american food also sux. so many fatasses in this country
Scott

March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Hopefully we’ll follow in their example. Look at all of the music acts and shows they have compared to us. These days it’s next to impossible for a music act to make money. We have jack right now. All you file sharers are just stupid anyways. You’ll just whine about getting your free stuff.
Gig

March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Hello #12,
Don’t do this.. I know you are not serious…. i’ve been there to Japan.. you dont know what you would be missing!
Noelle

March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

Peer to Peer file sharing perpetuates more Viruses & other flotsam that helps keep the PC repair Biz alive & well Rock on Illegal file sharers
zoz

March 15th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

haha, the service providers are going to block subscribers internet? this is just a publicity ploy, to aggrandize efforts to stalwart these networks. darknets and anyone not completely stupid will get around this, if isps even enforce this, which would backfire anyways. good thing im d/ling the deathnote movie from a briton.
horn eeee

March 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Very insightful points from number 6 and 7. We need our porn!
Gigi

March 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Since I live in Japan, I can’t get the shows from back home that I like, ex: Family Guy. But, when the season comes out on DVD I buy it. So it’s not exactly for wanting something for free or stealing. I actually buy the stuff later on. Grant it, I have to pay maybe 30.00 more for it but I do like owing my shows. It’s what my sanity in this place because J-TV is so damn boring!
matt

March 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

I don’t think anyone should be able to physically share any files, but virtually, on the internet, it should be ok.

It’s when people start taking the files off the internet…soon the internet will be empty.

Good for you Japan
Scott Ledger

March 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Would I be banned from the Internet if I copied a documentary about government sponsored terrorism like ” Terror Storm “? What If I shared a small film on the controlled demolition of the World Trade Centers? You should be very careful about what any government crackdown might TRULY be about. The people that make music and movies deserve to make a $… But the minute YOUR Internet gets limited…we all lose.
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

japan is nothing compared to fresno….CEN CAL pride baby
zero647

March 15th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

thats complete crap
Eric

March 15th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

To “Pricilla ” and similar posters:

Nothing is for free…someone had to pay for it…and that’s why there are “billionaires”…they didn’t steal stuff, they WORKED for it.

Do the same!

“Teens cannot afford all this, so give them a break already, stop being so cheap…The industries are already billionaires!”
Think about it

March 15th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

You know, why eat up your time & bandwidth trying to d/l a movie you can rent for a buck?

And hey, why can’t I rent a CD?
CorruptKei

March 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm

Hmmm, well, I live in Japan and there is not one person I know that does not file share. So I guess everyone is going to be banned from the internet -_- I mean, seriously, most people who use the internet are sharing files. Yeah, they can crack down on certain sites or programs, but in the end people are still going to do it, and they’re going to find ways around it. Also, they’re being kind of vague. Are they going to ban file sharers in general, or specifically people sharing illegal files. Not all file sharing is illegal.
???

March 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

where the hell is fresno anyways?
Danny

March 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

File sharing programs or websites are NOT ILLEGAL in anyway the act of sharing is. See Napster messed up because they would lets say customer A had a song and customer B wanted the song too. Napster would get the song from customer A and hold it for B until they downloaded the song. That is where they messed up. That’s against the law. But as all the file sharing programs out there now do not do that. They inturn say customer A has this song and customer B wants the song they direct customer B to customer A to get the song. They are just a program to show you who to get the song/movie/app from. Which inturn is not illegal in anyway you are just providing a service of find who has what to share.
Julian Baldwin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

I don’t know very much about the issue other than people chase after each other for money. One thought I have is that file sharing played a huge factor in attracting Internet users when there were only a few big websites. Within the same population many users used those big websites, and without file sharing the Internet community wouldn’t be where it is today.

‘Thanks for helping us get started, but now that the Internet is a happening place and there’s far more services than anyone would have thought at the time, now it’s time to remove the bottom layer.’
Mark

March 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

Oh no! Japan banning file sharing? What’s this mean? A shortage in bukkakii videos??
J-pop lover

March 15th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

People need to strike back at these big industries by boycotting them for a solid month–don’t buy ANYTHING, no CD’s, DVD’s, etc. Show them that we’re the ones that pay their salary…and show them that if they think downloaders are bad, boycotts are a helluva lot worse.

Then, after that month, tell them that if they infringe upon people’s information sharing, we’ll boycott them again and again, as long as it takes to make the greedy bastards see the light.

Look at the writer’s strike in the USA…it took a while, but the industry finally backed down when they realized that they couldn’t live without the “little guy” writers. We need to do something worldwide, to make the recording/movie/game industries understand that they can’t live without the downloaders they hate so much.

BTW, I wouldn’t have bought a single CD from Japan, if I hadn’t been introduced to J-pop via file sharing. Thousands of other non-Japanese are buying Japanese CD’s and the like, for the same reason.

Downloaders aren’t hurting the industry–they’re giving the industry free advertising. These money grubbers need to STFU and realize they’re gaining far more than they’re losing, from file sharers.
David

March 15th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

I find it alarming that so many people in this discussion seem to find it irrelevant that file sharing is illegal… it is theft… stealing. It is wrong. It is not right. People should not be doing it. My goodness! How difficult a concept is that to understand? Musicians and other producers of imaginative content own the creative products that they have generated, and rightly so. I spend a great deal of my hard-earned money on CDs and movies, and would be offended if someone were to suggest to me that i download them for free. It’s not a good way to live, people!
You want to know my name?

March 15th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

The four ISP companies who are putting this together will out right loose customers to their smaller competitors, this will turn out to be a huge bungle in the eyes of stock holders(who don’t give two $hits about online piracy or even do it themselves)as smart people will not even bother waiting for their “warnings” or lines to get cut off and be labeled by these companies as a web-pirate.

Instead their customer base will just look else where for ISP services, and trust me there will be companies who will step in make a boat load of profits from people switching. Hell I bet the Yakuza would even want some of that pie, good profits, and a nice way to launder currency. Glad I am not a stock holder of these companies as news like this would just make me want to.. whats the word im looking for.. oh yeah SELL.
Astridtheweirdo

March 15th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

totally agree with 47.
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

WTF you mean where the hell is fresno….where the hell isn’t fresno is a better question, you communist!!!!!!
Vince

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

number 26 just go to ebay for gods sake. Almost every CD I paid for did not cost $30.00 I got them all from bidding sites for less than $2.00 including new releases. The only albums I paid close to a total of $110 for was back in 2005 when I didnt even know anything about ebay or sites that sold stuff for less.

Likewise they can bann all they want because I’ll just simply buy everything people steal. For one thing file sharing movie sites have lousy quality and they never seem to have anything from the 1980s or 1990s.

And also Marie (number 18) Indi film makers do not make the best movies let alone the best music. Good music depends on your taste. So if thats your opinion then hey its yours to keep. Me personally good music died out after the 1980s and 1990s ended. But I still find Seal’s new album “System” to be a good listener and that came out this year.

I also still think that its impossible to beat songs like “Beat It” or “Billie Jean”. Or movies like Star Wars and Bloodsport.
Juan Carlos

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

I think this is great, Piracy is a Crime and needs to be regulated, artists and the people who work to make software, movies and music need to be protected. I hope they are able to do it successfully and that this would be implemented in the US soon.
Eric

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

I have read a few posts where people think ISPs will not want to do this because it alienates their customers, but I think it actually is part of their plan to keep paying customers. I would imagine a lot of heavy file sharers are a small percent of the population and if threatened with being banned from getting internet at their home would be a lot less likely to share. Bandwith is not unlimited and eliminating heavy users helps to keep other people happy with their connection speed and reduce the amount of upgrades the ISPs need to do, which in turn saves them money.

As a busy owner I would gladly get rid of the 1 or 2% of users who might use 10, 20 or 30% of my ability to do business while not paying anymore then the guy who logs on once a day to read a few news articles and two e-mails. This is a business decision, not a privacy or free speech issue. The ISPs want to reduce the load on their network and at the same time avoid possible costly lawsuits.
MYSTIC WYRD

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

DAMN! BS! if they are so intellegent, instead of banning file sharing, which is foremost the function of being in the net, STOP internet all throughout !?! isn’t it that the reason why interconnection was developed and has evolved is because WE all want to share files easily? WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS DEVELOP A BETTER PERSON OUT OF THEIR PEOPLE. Instill good values to their young ones instead! Especially to the one’s holding position in the government. There is nothing wrong with sharing files! unless your intention is to destroy the goodness out of it! you just want more money, i suppose. if the whole world is as stupid in thinking as you, we would be damned!
9inchTroy

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

I will be angry I don’t get my bukkakke videos anymore. Communism I tell ya communism is making a cumback.
czxqa

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

NO soup for you! You come back one year!
Rob

March 15th, 2008 at 6:35 pm

11, 13, 27. Nice of you to be positive but you aren’t thinking realistically. Who do you think the ISPs are more concerned about, a few file shares paying $20~$50 a month for internet access or the Entertainment industry with their huge financial lawsuits?

All you idiots claiming that you are losing your liberties and freedom need to grow up and move out of your parent’s homes. Stealing and theft of the work of other’s is not a protected liberty or freedom you are entitled to. Alot of your comments only prove you are big on rhetoric and small on intelligence. If you morons are not more responsible about what you are doing you will eventually lose your real freedoms and liberties and end up sitting in a jail cell. Bryan, you are the biggest idiot here.
Gigi

March 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Can someone tell me if Peer Guardian works , yes or no?

And J-porn sucks. They just put the pixelated squares on the private parts big deal.
earl

March 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I don’t think this will work, ISPs will lose too much money, and don’t the guys who work for them also use file sharing? so how does that work? they’re going to ban their own people?
Gig

March 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

I agree with #63!!!
Japan rocks!!! gee what’s wrong with healthy, friendly people?
You want to know my name?

March 15th, 2008 at 6:37 pm

Top the post above mine, way to teach the internets.
Bob Sagget

March 15th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

36. Just because its Ben Franklin doesn’t mean its right.
Gigi

March 15th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

Bravo # 81 ! Sugoi ne ^_^
Mike

March 15th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

Although I disagree with this proposal, Japan in general is pretty cool. I lived there for several years and the people are wonderful. And contrary to #14’s response, they don’t send or build “cheap stuff.” The Japanese have degrees of manufacturing quality that beats almost everyone in the world. The Koreans are starting to catch up, and the good ‘ole USA may someday build autos that come close to the Japanese. It is a homogenous society, but they are very leading edge on most issues and gadgets. Don’t cross it off places to visit- if you want to see the coolest gadgets that you can’t even buy yet in the U.S., take a trip to the Akihabara district in Tokyo… it’s awesome!
brutal

March 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

I pay 60$ a month to my ISP, as I am sure others pay, maybe the ISPs should cough up some funds to the studios, the way I see I pay for whatever I do on the Internet.
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

japan < fresno
tom

March 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

big brother always looms, however independent artists NEED to survive, I c
heat (as I see it) and file share but we need some protection for the artists as art will not survive in an anarchistic enviroment
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

The “NO”
gale barchus

March 15th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

I live in Japan and I just paid $35 for a CD and as a musician, too, I know that the artists probably got 10 cents. This is not about supporting artists.
valgaav

March 15th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

ah man dose this mean anime is going to be evan harder to find….!
Joshua

March 15th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

Information is never free and someone has had to work for it. It is not however bad that there is such a source of information as the internet. How I see it, it is a check and balance system. Producers make something, publish it, and make money. The internet file sharing people prevent them from continously uping the price and getting greedy. If you don’t want something shared, make a product that people want that can’t be replicated at home, like a movie that is a complicated program instead of a series of pics, something home comps can’t reproduce. People may copy it, but won’t be as good.
Its a first step, and a needed one if internet control is to be had, but I think if companies consentrated more on making products better, cost effective, and easier accessable, it would be a better step.
Jason

March 15th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

To add to 47, the record companies only pay the artists a small fraction of the actual cost of a CD. They base their online download prices on CD prices. CD prices are based on recording costs, advertising and the cost of making the CD and its case. Recording costs these days are minimal, since it can be done with a good laptop and a little skill, while downloading eliminates the production and case costs of the CD. Further, with decreased cost would come increased purchases and the price should drop even more. And it costs the same (relatively) for one person to download a song or a million. Once the cost of media goes down to a reasonable level, there will be less incentive for people to get around legitimately purchasing them. The music industry has failed to keep up with the internet age, and are suffering as a result.
mm

March 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

This will be very hard to enforce. Also the alleged crime cannot be defined precisely. As a result it will be catch22 that can be used to harass anybody they choose to harass.
mark

March 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

japan is cool and this idea is stupid and for those of you who say how will they get paid well there are things such as concerts where if the person is good enough people will show up and pay to be there.
xingster

March 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

this will not stop anyone, and they know it. if nothing else, they’ll just use a wireless connection in cyber-cafes and they cant stop them there- they’re paying costumers and they dont want to risk losing busness. also, those ISPs who have banned the file-sharing will have new competion that wont require it, and everyone will go to them instead. its a really bad idea that wont ever work.
You want to know my name?

March 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

Anyone else smell lawsuits from the future?
Feller

March 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

I agree with 7.
daviddd

March 15th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

When napster came up I thought that was the end of the music industry but from what I have seen Singers are still millionaires, and Movie actors too…. So give a break to those whom make the minimum wage like me.
Brian

March 15th, 2008 at 6:43 pm

How do they plan to really stop the computer geeks? They will always find another way to spread the “wealth”.
If they are going to ban file sharing, why not just ban the whole internet altogether? Someone will come up with a better way to share files. At the extreme, it will end up as the original face-to-face sharing.

Japan is going to create a huge underground of file sharers. The Japanese government is run by people who have no real experience with computers. They don’t know what is going on.

They might as well adopt the same kind of internet access as what China has. In China, you are watched all the time on the web.

No one can stop the computer geeks.
paul

March 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

ohh noo
wuzzman

March 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

You take down the big fish and all the small ones take their place. Now instead of checking if the download comes from one big kazaa style site now you have to worry about several smaller sights popping up. It’s a money losing proposition, the staff it will take to check all these illegal files + the amount of subscribers that they will lose = huge lose of profit. The first ISP provider that relaxes it rules will gain the market share anyway, your the begging for trouble. Here in America, you know what we do? We make money off the youtubes and file-sharing sites in the world. We stopped fighting and just focused back on profit.
Matt

March 15th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

why would the Internet providers agree to permanantly ban people for file sharing? wouldn’t they be hurting themselves in the end by losing customers?
Gigi

March 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

# 102 don’t try to make Japan sound like an Utopia. Been here for 3 years now.

Yeah, Akiba is cool and yeah most people are friendly (especially in Kansai area like Osaka and Kobe) coz Tokyo folks are cold-hearted jerks., but I’m guessing you were one of the white boys that got alot of J-girl booty as a an ”English teacher”.

While don’t you tell them about the ”Chuo-cide Line” in Shinjuku where dumbasses go and jump on front of a train during morning rush hour and make me late for work?
Julian Baldwin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

Another thought.. how far would the average artist distribution stretch without file sharing? We are evolving into a society where you must give people quality content for free before they want to spend money on you. Radiohead and NIN have been successful in following this model.
Roll Tide

March 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

Notice it said it is using a special detection software. Now does anyone knows what that would be? If so then maybe we can counter that software as in be invisble to it another words software always has security hole in it. It’s amazing they just keep tight on music & movies. But not video games lol!
Justin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Is there a way for ISPs or someoone to not allow sites on the web in the first place that partake in file sharing? I twould make more sense to me to stop the problem their. Stop the file sharing websites from ever getting on the web in the first place; they are the ones allowing people to download. I don’t know if that is feasible but….
Julian Baldwin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

TechCrunch needs some form of comment moderation…
Yo_moma

March 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

Uh retardos. When you spend X amount on producing a record, or a movie, and within minutes the whole world has your product shared for free - then there is no longer any profit in making movies or music. So you cease to make material. Then who are the suckers? This happened recently in a particular genre of adult material. The producers just stopped. Now no-one is making that material. Now all the ‘fans’ are sobbing into their kerchiefs because they have nothing to watch. “Well done” you heros of the digital age. You’re killing the goose. And to the tard who thinks weeks, months and years of hard work creating a movie is ‘just a string of 1s and 0s’… get a brain and / or a life. When your parents expect their paycheck at the end of the month and they end up broke and on the street with nothing because they are told ‘uh, someone shared your wages, rock n roll man’… do use the brain you were born with for a change huh.
CyberApocalypse

March 15th, 2008 at 6:49 pm

They can not kill somthing which can not be killed, they can’t even get rid of the Triad in there country what makes them think they can stop P2P!!

Maybe Japan still has wizards running around, cause that’s what it’s going to take.
Dexterbrilu

March 15th, 2008 at 6:50 pm

It seems the ISPs could get away with getting rid of people with file sharing. Most statistics say a small percentage of the total population uses file sharing, though it is higher in the US, Europe, and Japan. Also the way the Japan government works, I wouldn’t put it past them for the government to give tax breaks and other money back into the ISPs to make sure they can still run. But if the government is not fully behind this act, I do not seeing it being totally effective.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

I agree with number 5 & 6… there goes JAV porn. Now where are we going to get shots of girls pissing and pooing, and anamie chicks with big breasts? It’s not just japanese porn folks… its the best of Japanese culture. Well, I never liked sharing anyways. You boys need to not be so cheap and get out there and by a freakin CD like the rest of us; god!
kojimin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

What is ban?
feed the pig

March 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

lol..bring it on!
ASSHOLE

March 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

hey, well this is what I think:

This will never work. I agree with 149. What is ban? Isn’t it when you’re banned from a place/site. yes
earl

March 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

this will never be implemented here in the philippines, but it’s gonna suck since I get anime from japanese sites… hmm… piracy is too big a business to stop… hackers will find a way as always to get pass this… at worst I guess they’ll develope a new software which can bypass whatever the government tries…
jerry m.

March 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

I know i pay alot of money for high speed every month, and if I cant get stuff to watch why pay for it go back to dial up if all they want us to do is read the news.
Adam

March 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

This is rediculous the internet should not be owned or controlled by anyone, its like the combination of human conciousness.
jav avlover

March 15th, 2008 at 6:53 pm

yeah number 6 there goes the porn
chikushou

March 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

this is horrible. can anyone say overkill? I hope something like this won’t happen in Canada. I guess the best option the Japanese can do here is boycott these ISPs (assuming they’re the major corps) and look for minor alternatives.
Machinesway

March 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

As far as I’m concerned, the only person who has made even the remotest bit os sense was the person who quoted Ben Franklin. And as far as the person saying you should ban criminalsand such instead of file sharers is a complete Idiot. Instead of “banning” them , we should be rehabilitating them, educating them , helping them change their circumstance. Because most criminals are victims of circumstance. Products of theri environment. and as far as file sharing is concerned.. when will it stop? Have you ever let someone borrow a movie or CD? Have you ever invited someone over to watch a movie?? Doesnt the copyright at the begining say its against the law to reproduce the product or sell it to the general public without permisiion? I just wanna know when they are gonna start arresting peaple for inviting friends over to watch movies , or for making their G/F or B/F mixed CD’s of theri fav songs. This has gone way beyond rediculous. If I have information I want to share with someone , then Im gonna share it. I will make copies of everything I buy and give them away on the streets .
Hell before long it will be Illegal to let someone borrow your car , or your clothes or even Illegal to give someone anything that you yourself have purchased? but what do I know. I am just one person. It takes a group of peaple to inflict change on a large scale. And ranting in forums isnt getting it done.
dude

March 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

so what, myspace is illegal in japan?
Ricky

March 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

There’s not much point in having a fast broadband speed if you can’t download stuff. So it wouldn’t be in the interests of most ISPs to do this kind of crap.

On another note; fake terrorism the road to dictatorship. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Frog

March 15th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

Filesharing, like terrorism, is not something which can simply be “defeated”; It is an abstract idea and a way of living which will almost inevitably continue to exist one way or another.
JAVaLovahh

March 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

I totally agree with 6. good ‘ol JAV hunnies, hmm…..
Jack Straw

March 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Neil Young was once asked on what he thought about file sharing. I’m not sure of the exact quote but he said something like I dont mind people downlading my music otherwise they would never hear it.
trailerninja

March 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

put tater tots in the oven for 18 min. warm up foreman grill. rub pork chops down with cajun seasoning of choice. throw it on the grill when your tots get down to about 10 min. pour up a pint of victory storm king imperial stout. download that song you’ve been thinking about all day. throw chops and tots on a plate with a bunch of ketchup. listen to free downloaded song on repeat as you eat. be glad your isp isn’t japanese.
VAtoHomes

March 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Wow number 46. thats the reply u get wen u talk to a company that ppl are losing jobs and tahts all bs with piracy companies make 85 million in stead of 100 million but this diference of 15 million doesnt ccreate or destroy jobs all this determines is if the rich company executives buy a s clas benz or a rolls royce

ne ways thisll work for mayb 3 weeks max
Justin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Is there a way for ISPs or someoone to not allow sites on the web in the first place that partake in file sharing? I twould make more sense to me to stop the problem their. Stop the file sharing websites from ever getting on the web in the first place; they are the ones allowing people to download. I don’t know if that is feasible but….

Anyone?
Ko

March 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

hm… the reason for people to use piracy as a means to acquire music/movies is because of capitalists. the industry sells their products at such a high price that consumers dont think that its reasonable… so the consumer finds an alternative which is piracy… the internet shouldnt do anything about it but instead the entertainment industry should…
James Lenaghan

March 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

This sucks to be honest. My opinion is that less and less people will be even interested in using the internet once this proposal is pushed forward. Hope it doesn’t happen in the UK or US!
feed the pig

March 15th, 2008 at 6:56 pm

lol @ 149.
Crunchy

March 15th, 2008 at 6:57 pm

I can’t believe I read all 106 comments before this one! What a waste of time. Firstly, LOL @ how many comments this article inspired already…I know TC has millions of readers and half a million subscribed feeds, but boy did this article bring some weirdos out of the woodwork to comment on it LOL. I guess a lot of people don’t understand or aren’t interested in the 99% of TC articles not about file sharing…

And I agree with the 80 people before me that agreed with the 79 people before me that agreed with the 78 people before me….{}….that realize companies usually aren’t fond of banning their own paying subscribers. Doesn’t take a freakonomics addict to realize this.

About the filesharing issue however…just speaks volumes to how badly the RIAA and MPAA dropped the ball on realizing too late to make money on new technology not try to stifle or punish end users (same thing happening with Internet gaming across EU and US). Pathetic. BTW - I file share and buy CDs and DVDs.

Also please spare ignorant comments on Japan or Japanese culture…it is different than Western and other Asian cultures…don’t pretend to know unless you do.
RampagingEVA

March 15th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

I have a question.

Is downloading anime shows that are currently airing on TV illegal? If so, crap. I don’t mind buying DVDs. I actually support it. But how would I have ever started watching series such as Spice and Wolf if I never downloaded it first? I know I wouldn’t have bought the DVD if I had never seen the show before.

But it is illegal. Sigh, this sucks yet us good at the same time.
Killa-mo 187

March 15th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

it’s the Illuminati man. they’re controlling them now.
Wii da ppl

March 15th, 2008 at 6:58 pm

“165.Justin

March 15th, 2008 at 6:55 pm

Is there a way for ISPs or someoone to not allow sites on the web in the first place that partake in file sharing? I twould make more sense to me to stop the problem their. Stop the file sharing websites from ever getting on the web in the first place; they are the ones allowing people to download. I don’t know if that is feasible but….

Anyone?”

Well, sites like LimeWire are not really illegal and cannot be taken down. The reason is because it supposedly is for people to upload their work for other people to listen and download to. They can’t control it now tho.
AC

March 15th, 2008 at 6:59 pm

I don’t agree this this fully;
Yes, there’s a problem with copyrighting vids and stuff…but I think they’re taking it too far. Say if it was a personal file like pics with friends or a vid sending to another city to a person who had moved away. I would be sad.
And worst of all you can’t update antivirus stuff o.O…

And file sharing actually promotes those movies haha.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Right… an ISP doesn’t need an apostrophe. Some of you guys need to go back to grammar school: words in the middle of a sentence don’t usually need to be capitalized; and i even see some of you not even ending your statements with a period as in standard practice.
Michael

March 15th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

I’m investing in the first ISP that bucks the trend. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that that banning file srarers eventually puts the ISPs out of business.
anthony

March 15th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

we are now live in a internet world, i don’t think so that banning sharing file could be stopped.
raf

March 15th, 2008 at 7:01 pm

oh no!!! the porn..
feed the pig

March 15th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

The end of Internet. The end of ALL.
The bmaf

March 15th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

You poor, poor souls. The internet and “file sharing” should not even mean anything to you. But since most of you are probably from America(and America mostly consists of fat-ass lazy white people who don’t have a JOB and have to download stuff for free” you should do something productive with your time like hmmm…get a job what a fine idea that might be….or probably go to college…that would be a good start to your apparent failure of a life. And i would disagree with anyone that says people who play world of warcraft would start WWIII over the internet. they have the skills nor the courage to go into real combat because most of them are fat lazy ass holes still living in their mother’s basement; have not got a job nor have they been laid. Honestly, is this the best you can come up with? The internet should be used for nothing more than global communication. i suppose that includes gaming, but all this online merchandise? Come on go to target! they have everything and our everywhere! Oh and 78 Fresno CA is in the central valley of California….imagine that. It happens to be the largest city in the valley and is the #1 world producer of raisens…mmmm raisens…not really ewww…but really.
steve young

March 15th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

lets all get rid of are computers then we wont have this problem
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:03 pm

Thank you number 140 for your in depth sociological analysis of file sharing and terrorism. It was much needed.
JAPAN

March 15th, 2008 at 7:05 pm

This will work very easily in Japan. Most net users here are turning away from computers and using mobile internet devices anyway, evidenced in the dwindling sale of computers. The small percentage of people who do file share represent a small amount of income for the ISP companies. They only need to successfully ban one or two people and everyone else will fall in line. As a conformist society the Japanese will be perfectly willing to go along with this voluntarily.
merced

March 15th, 2008 at 7:05 pm

ok so ya file sharing is bad and all but hey i know plenty of people that hate going to see a movie, pay 20$ and then come out and are pissed to hell that they just paid that much for a movies that sucked, so instead they download it watch it and then if its good GO OUT AND BUY IT. now i dont know why everone is getting all up in eachothers face about this, its not going to stop and if you dont like it fine find a way to stop it and if your not doing anything about it then you need to stop talking and go on with your life, its not your problem obviously because if it was you would be DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. not everyone wants to go out and spend their hard earned money on something that sucks, i know i dont so i download it, and if i hate it well just delete it. some people just want one song not the whole album, and its not always easy finding the stuff you want in a store. my whole thing is why should i pay for something that turns out to be crappy and then i cant get my money back?? im tired of it, everything costs something, being alive costs money. so what if there are people out there that just want something for free and you know what if you dont like living in a country where people download stuff for free well guess what you can go live in japan now have fun.
inquisitiveman

March 15th, 2008 at 7:05 pm

number 88 poster,

you made good points o. with that being said, i don’t think it is around 1-2%. the isp’s will be losing more like 40-45%. there are much more people file sharing then you think.
BIG FUCKER

March 15th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

Hey JAP don’t ever control ISPs, what you (JAP gov) need to do is control your own dick!
SolAriS

March 15th, 2008 at 7:06 pm

Does anyone use a sattelite internet provider? There is a new age of internet coming…
Justin

March 15th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

I liev in an American city whose White unemployment is under 5% but certain other races are as high as 40% so screw off.. 158
sian

March 15th, 2008 at 7:07 pm

同意148
哈哈~
有没有人会读?
down with BB

March 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

it has begun then. prepare for the future of big brother. as it is they already know where and who we are from posting here. such a scary time when corporations are stepping in to do what the government cant. then again i guess the govenments are owned by corporations so this would be the next logical step. as ive always said: “grab your guns and head for the hills!”
Wii da ppl

March 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

me no speak japanese
Jim

March 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

Porn is plenty on the NET …no worries in this department.

http://www.asianmassages.org
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pm

i agree with Mr. 45 for not knowing how to count.
BL

March 15th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

Welcome to the real world. A new technology is allowed to be a little crazy in order to let it spread. But people have to make money with it otherwise they’ll stop providing it. It’s the most exceedingly simple economics principle. If you want something, you’ll have to pay for it, otherwise no one will produce it. Tough luck.
Lady L

March 15th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

The way I see it is this…. First, the industry robs us everyday, charging exhorbitant prices for their services so the celebs can be millionaires and fly private jets. Second, it’s not STEALING, it’s SHARING. If I have a file and I want to share it with the next person that’s my business. And lastly, maybe some of these artist will step their game up and stop putting out garbage with one or two good songs now that we no longer have to buy the cd.
sunearth

March 15th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

Already producer of Winny was arrested.
the person is trying at illegal act now.
I think Winny broke japanese sense of values.
Even a valuable thing thinks that there is not it.
It is a very dangerous thing.
People do not grateful , and a complaint and egocentric people increase.
BIG FUCKER

March 15th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

同意148
哈哈~
有没有人会读?
inquisitiveman

March 15th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

as far as JAV stuff, i have a connection in japan who gets this stuff exported to california. from there, he can upload to servers here, though it will be a longer turnaround time since his connection in japan will obviously not able to upload directly from japan.
MADERA!!!!!!

March 15th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

bitches!
Wii da ppl

March 15th, 2008 at 7:11 pm

yo so like

we all know this is a great site and all, but shouldn’t we all get a damn life

AGREE WITH ME OR DIE
gofermobhit

March 15th, 2008 at 7:12 pm

phuck japanese gov, move to u.s.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

Number 46 your a fag. shut up. keep your dumb opinions in Missouri.
RE: Lady L

March 15th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

I agreed with your opinion. They are charging high price on us! They are greedy pig!!!!
File sharer#1001010111000

March 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

I’v done my fair share of file sharing. It’s the torrent sites that need to be brought down, not the Indivisual’s downloading. The problem is, they cant cant stop them. You can file share from any messenger. Who gives a person the right to send a photo through a messenger? then say hey, that’s file sharing you can’t do that? It’s plain stupid. The Music industry is at fault. i.e. Mettallica. Nothing more nothing less. They started it. BY god we will finish it. 78 your an idiot fresno is in california, and #19 get a life have you seen the women from japan.
Wii da ppl

March 15th, 2008 at 7:14 pm

i want pie
Someone

March 15th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

um… look at the comment number 14. sorry winnie, but that is just way excessive. you don’t need to hate japan w/ all your might and soul, that’s absurd!!! btw, comment 11 has one heck of a view, and one that is dam good. agree w/ it 100% (11’s comment, not 14’s)
down with BB

March 15th, 2008 at 7:15 pm

i agree with 148 but would like to add to not make ignorant comments about any country.
Rick

March 15th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

Look maybe we should just stop going to movies and buying music cause we can’t aford paying 4.00 a gal of gas and 8.00 for the damm movie and 20 dollars to by a cd. While these greedy people that are complaing that there loosing money when there getting payed 50 mill a movie or a cd and worrying about a stupid thing like this. I bet are own goverment in dc are file sharing too you going to sue them too. Yea Right! Get Over it.
asdfjkl;

March 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

KC: “Just not sure how all this works. So they are cracking down on file sharing in Japan because people are getting illegal copies of movies and music videos and sharing etc? Please Respond. I appreciate.”

Japan’s ISP providers are “under pressure” from the entertainment companies, yes, from the music & movies providers, etc. to ban those from the internet who would “share” files that aren’t to be shared…since they’ve been copyrighted, they need to be paid for. If illegal copies are made and shared, the entertainment companies themselves lose tons of money, and so they eventually collapse, they can no longer produce the entertainment, and they’ll have no time to produce movies, music, etc. since they’ll be caught up trying to find another source of money to survive. I’d have to admit, this is a very complicated matter because nobody is going to want to pay $20 for 10 songs. We all think, “Hey, why not just go get them for free!?” At least, that’s how I see it…Hope it helps :l
Wii da ppl

March 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

shit so like i want some pie but:

gas is like $8 for me to go get it

the pie sountrack is $20

wtf man pie
Mickz

March 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

This is real bad!!! I mean people can’t afford to just keep buying the stuff they want. “Teens cannot afford all this, so give them a break already, stop being so cheap…The industries are already billionaires!” good point there.
Also if they ban file sharing another problem will occur and I am pretty sure of it. People always have their ways of getting around! What will happen to photobucket? that now it has almost reached 5 billion images! That would be dissapointing. Wouldn’t it cost LOTS of money to make a “special detection software”? if it does cost a lot well it will turn out to be a waste because hackers can bypass that in a month or so. Thank you for reading
anakngtokwa

March 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

that does it, the greatest anime shows will not be shared anymore. well they should also catch big piracy fishes. isn’t it always written? “Not for sale or rent”
berice

March 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

Personally, I love file sharing. I’m addicted to music. But I also know that its really not hurting any of the artists we love. AT MOST a band makes 80 cents per album sold and thats if they have already recouped all of their costs from the record company. They get 30 cents from a song sold on itunes. If you want to support a band go watch their live show, if they don’t play a live show, they’re lame. And as far as movies go, if I pay to watch a movie at the theater, I’ve already paid for my Damn right to watch that movie, why the hell should I pay again to rent it and to buy it????? This won’t last, everyone thought p2p was dead when napster got nipped…and then there were torrents The culture will adapt and find a way around it. It will be done on smaller levels like it was in the first days before file sharing programs.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

Hey Fresno: Its all about Medesto baby!
Wii da ppl

March 15th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

does N E ONE HAVE A PIE PIC I CAN BARRAW
KillaB

March 15th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

BLAME CANADA!!!
mgfcortez

March 15th, 2008 at 7:18 pm

this is the dumbest thing i ever heard of.lol
they’ll be sorry alot of ppl get online to just download stuff if they lose 70% of the ppl they’ll lose alot of money.
oh well it won’t last imo
Mark

March 15th, 2008 at 7:20 pm

Just charge a bit more for every megabyte over an agreed upon amount when the customer signs up. Then take that extra cash and put it in a roman colosseum, then let the record execs, ISP execs, musicians and a few tigers go at it for the cash. Oh Ya you could charge the same customers a 2nd time to watch the fight over the cash. Everyone wins!!!
HarryO

March 15th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

The real thieves here are the Giant Media companies who create nothing but wind up owning it all. Record labels and music publishers have been ripping off the artists who create the music since the invention of recorded sound. And even if you argue that movie and TV companies fund their own projects, they still rip off the actors, producers, directors on the back-end. You can’t fight them because they have deep pockets for lawyers and it is too expensive for an average person to audit their numbers (like many thousands of $$$).

Record companies are even worse, because they get paid on blank, recordable media but do not pass that along to the artists. They have been getting this money from the public for years and just putting it in their pockets.

I have bought the same music 2 or 3 different ways over the years (vinyl, CD, cassette) and the law is that if I record that music to my iPod, I’m within the law, but if I download an MP3 of the same music, I can be sued or go to jail. As usual, their numbers are skewed because they count every download as lost revenue, but in reality teenagers only have a limited amount to spend on CD’s. So a $10 allowance might buy one CD, but maybe the kid downloads 3 or 4 that week. He could still only afford ONE CD.

The real issue is that the music they try to push down our throats sucks. Big record companies have forgotten that it’s about music, not marketing. I will support (and buy the products of) independent artists, filmmakers, and the like. When a giant media conglomerate tries to sell me something: 1) I know it will pander to the lowest common denominator of taste, 2) I will probably not find it that interesting, 3) They are ripping off the people who created whatever that product is…so I don’t care who rips them off.

The sooner those companies are forced out of business, the better it will be for people who actually create music, film, etc. It will level the playing field so that the creators will have a chance to own their own creations and new, fairer ways of marketing and exploiting that media will appear once the dinosaurs are gotten out of the way. They are nothing but parasites.

If the Japanese try to legislate file-sharing, it will only be driven underground…they will stop nothing and hurt many people in the process.
you weak

March 15th, 2008 at 7:21 pm

158- you sound like a douche. im a fat ass white guy from america and i work my fucking ass off. you sound like a pussy
TOM Cruise

March 15th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

Yeah! I make big money from everyone who is my fans!!!! I have sport cars, jets, big villa, and etc… so I against P2P!
The Terminator

March 15th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

The bmaf:

Thanks for the endless stereotypical rant. Have you ever been to America? Just wondering.

Regardless, since you know so much about America and all the lazy asses that live here then you should learn how to spell the American way. It’s ‘raisins’ on this side of the world not ‘raisens’.

PS - Target does NOT have everything either. Of course that’s probably the only American business you’ve heard of though so you thought you’d just throw it into the rest of your ranting post.
johnyy

March 15th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

how can you ban someone from the internet, like some person or a company has out right ownership of the internet. even if the movie, music, and other business lose money this is not the way the situation should be taken care of.
it’s like me claiming all the rights to all the oxygen in earth and if you want to live, pay me or die….
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

?158? I’m not fat?
America is the only country? Why you guys hating over there when you’re biting our style?
Fgkn

March 15th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

People, you have to understand that theres no way for your ISP to detect if your sharing or not unless they install spyware on your computer. Which by doing so would violate your privacy and they could be facing lawsuits. The way the RIAA does it and most other anti-piracy organizations is by hosting their own fake torrents that either A)have the tracker record your IP, or B)Have software that will intall just like a virus and send your computer information to one of their servers. Peace
FATALFURYKID

March 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

I wonder if they think about going after all things M.U.G.E.N. related
ur chinese guy

March 15th, 2008 at 7:26 pm

i agree with 187. the gas price is going so high but those ppl only worry about them self. right now the new generation of driver and new adults r like backrupting b/c of the gas price. the ppl who r file-sharing is only helping other who cant afford to go to the movie and helping other out and saving the natural-resources.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

I agree with 198 ans 200. represent homie!
cheetoque121

March 15th, 2008 at 7:28 pm

This is stupid.
File-sharing is part of the net life.

Why would they ban file sharing there?

I hope this won’t happen in my home country.

I think this is worse than the banning of YouTube in China.
u suck

March 15th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

THIS SUCKS why would i buy a dvd
if am only gonna watch it once so why spend money on it..wasting money for a fucking dvd
Adam Butler

March 15th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

Wow, the deeper the file-sharing problems go, the dumber companies get. Keep it going guys!
M M

March 15th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

#2 Frank..
You bring up an EXCELLENT point! Considering business and other proprietary concerns, I don’t see how in the hell that ISPs can ban encryption, especially if the encryption is so strong.. Need I state what most newsgroup providers are doing nowdays? The demand for it is strong..

I was a beta tester for a late 90’s rendering of the Enigma Machine software. Extremely strong and if you lost the “wheels”, then you’re very much outta luck. Yes, binary files were supported too.
zero

March 15th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

first iu agree with those that say this problem will be circumvented by those with basic intelligence
second while i do download music 99 percent of the time i try to get the cd
the only ones i dont do that for are when only the one song is good the rest is filth
but more importantly will all the ignorant klu klux neo nazi white, black whatever supremists shut the hell up and stop using this topic and/or discussion as a way to disrespect other countries and/or races there is enough ignorance in our world we dont need more and winnie of comment 14 you dumbass anything thats cheaqp wich comes from Japan is cheap because the companies here in America want it to be cheap
and mezzerack i liked your comment very good point
jeff

March 15th, 2008 at 7:30 pm

its not the japanese government. Its a very misleading headline to get people to read the article. It was 4 service providers IN japan that will be banning users….it was NOT the japanese government.
Yomudder

March 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

Yeah right, like they’re going to do something about the whole Japanese population file sharing. LOL That will be about as effective as a screen door on a submarine. LOL

We are entering an era where technology is beginning to give everyone an equal amount of power based on their abilities instead of clout, status, and monetary value, and the less then 1 present in power will do anything to make sure they stay in power, even if that includes suppressing freedom, and I wouldn’t even put it past them to start a nuclear war, big babies that they are, if they can’t have it all then no one can.

Why do you think corporate America loves China so much, because they can get those poor people to make a computer for next to nothing, then turn around and sell it to the first world for over a 90% markup, their by causing the middle class in the first world to cease to exist, and who doesn’t want that when they’re in power, a bunch of people slaving for your business for next to nothing. All hail George Bush and the top 1 present, because they think were all so stupid we can’t see what they’re doing, and they think they’re better then everyone else.

Oh and by the way I’m American, born and raised here, and America isn’t the only one behind this, so before people of other countries cast stones at America specifically let me just say it’s a first world strategy, not an American strategy.
Whatever

March 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

womp womp womp!
File sharer#1001010111000

March 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

#203, About time someone said something worth a damn, insted of putting down a whole country for something that’s probably never going to happen anyway.
Sarah Meyers

March 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

Wow. @jeff he makes it clear that it is not the Japanese government in the blog post body.
Stu Piddas

March 15th, 2008 at 7:31 pm

no 54 - Yes, it’s true. Was suppose to be started May 2008. 4 States have told the reigning dictator they won’t do it. The rest are behind schedule with the sheeple mostly being left in the dark about what the truth is behind it.

no 182 - My life is very full and busy. Yes, I know what the women look like there. Very nice indeed. My comment is about how the global elite overlords are covertly taking over this country. I believe you have mistaken me for someone else. No big deal.

In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and has widely been regarded as a bad move… - Douglas Adams
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

197? What the hell? who asked for a thesis? shit.
MoonStar

March 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

I agree with 114 and 6 and 7!!!
Zach AKA GOD

March 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

No-way…….. it will never work. If they ban all file sharers, they will also bankrupt the most .com company’s. No people = no internet. Also people will just find another way. The invention of the lock didn’t stop people from stealing. Also the programmer that wrote this software probably had a pot smoking roommate that didn’t get a good job, and likes Japanese porn.
Kalkan

March 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

this wont work. alot of people will get very angry not to mention it will hurt the economy badly. torrents are legal and they pay for the stuff. without this running we are a bit screwed. if the USA does this.also without the internet most people will not be able to do alot of stuff. like work. even kids. makeing total caos. I for one dissagree with this idea of makeing a perfect world in the internet. my only thing i would dissagree is to remove child porn completly.
mr.cheese

March 15th, 2008 at 7:32 pm

This idea better not end up in the heads of the USA government…
Heh heh…How long do the japanese internet providers plan to hold this out? Theyl be overwellmed by almost every internet user. (Who dosnt file share?)
MIcah

March 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm

Why is it that the solution is always one extreme or the other. It’s either ban every attempt or allow all attempts.

I know that the media industry would not allow it, and people would never completely go for it, but it seems like a good solution would be for the media companies to open up their own share sites. I don’t understand why they don’t try to make their money based on site traffic instead of the product. There are plenty of other companies that run almost solely on site traffic (google comes to mind) and have nothing tangible to offer. At least the media companies could keep a record of download users to send them concert updates and specials for purchasing future hardcopy media as well as turn a pretty penny based on the amount of traffic they could generate.

Who knows, if they really put their minds into it, they might find a way to use that traffic to generate their own marketing support thereby maximizing profit while minimizing cost.
Bobby

March 15th, 2008 at 7:34 pm

I think we should ban talking and the sharing of food and put everyone in jail
and punish everyone because everyone has shared something and every one over the age of 6 has done something wrong. I think that if you have a bad thought or you fart you ought to be shot. Lets make tons and tons more rules so no one can fucking breath any more and lets make millions of more lawyers so they can sue everyone. Suing yourself also is a great idea.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

188: I fell yu nigga; i know wat chu mean, fo reals nigga; you feel me?
Kalkan

March 15th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

sorry. messed that scentence up. i would like to remove child porn completly. sorry for the mess up.
INGY Q BINGLEBOP

March 15th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS CUZ JAPS DONT SPEAK ENGLISH OR READ IT SO HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO KNOW THE RULES ON SHARING FILES???????????? IS IT IN JAPNAESE AS WELL AS ENGLISH????? IF NOT THEN HOW CAN THEY BAN THEM FOR NOT KNOWING THE LANUGAGE???
Kalkan

March 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

heres a thought. lets make our own country in the USA!. call it Canamerica.

or mexiarica
rich

March 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

you all knew this was coming, so stop complaining. And what is up with all you ignorant idiots, like coment left by 158. you make me laugh along with everyone else. are you serious?
mista chunk

March 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

#187
keith

March 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

Allright, i agree with 88
This is about the massive ammonts of bandwith file sharers use.
Personally, i’ll download a mixtape from a legitimite site like datpiff
and if i like the artist, i’ll buy there cd.
Plus i listen to a lot of indee music, and i use Emusic for those tracks, if u bootleg indee music, ur a jerk, these artist don’t have millions of bucks, they need every last cd sale.
The same ppl who complane hip hop is dead don’t buy cds, and thats killing it
Solipsistic Squanderer

March 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

This is just the beginning.

Eventually, you might run the risk of being banned from society. In some sense the internet is a society. We can currently be banned from the physical society by violating certain laws. This sends us to prison. However, what if the internet becomes the only society? What if we are always online? That might happen in the future. Therefore, to be banned from the internet could be very bad. But I wouldn’t start worrying anytime soon.
fresno?

March 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm

yeah….. fresno.
not something to be proud of.

this place sucks. “cen cal pride” is a joke. the whole surrounding area sucks. clovis sucks too. the only thing to do in this whole area is start up a meth lab or sit around at wild water peeing in the pool.
the post “japan fresno.

p.s. 192 spelled modesto wrong. if he/she is actually from that area, what does it say about its own population? not much if they can’t spell their own city right.

i should have put fressnoh.
aw

March 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

STFU rich u fucking loser
Tim

March 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

Listen up, if the movie/music is worth it, PEOPLE ACTUALLY BUY THE PRODUCT. Fans of music will typically download the album and buy a copy. They buy it just to support that band. If they want people to stop downloading shit, they’re going to have to entice them by offering something that can’t be downloaded…what about free private concerts for people with proof of purchase, or something like that?

51: The government/ISP could easily turn off the internet. You don’t need the internet to read a fucking book. They could also install filters and parental controls and all that. But it’s a good idea to use the library if/when your isp kicks you off and gives you the finger.

I want my JAV PORN!
Harry Snatch

March 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

I agree with stuffing my phallus, balls deep in Japan’s throat
Stu Piddas

March 15th, 2008 at 7:39 pm

no 228 - Try Canamex! Or better yet - The North American Union (NAU) and our currency can be the Amero! Oh! Wait a minute! That’s what their doing!!!

In the beginning the universe was created. This has made a lot of people angry and has widely been regarded as a bad move… — Douglas Adams
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

While sexual zoophilia is legal in a few countries, it is not explicitly condoned anywhere today, and in most countries sexual acts with animals are illegal under animal abuse laws or, less commonly, laws dealing with crimes against nature. Philosopher and animal liberation author Peter Singer argues that zoophilia is not unethical if there is no harm or cruelty to the animal, but this view is not widely shared, with the majority opinion supporting the view that animals, like children, are not capable of informed consent.
Old Rockin' Dave

March 15th, 2008 at 7:40 pm

What do you think is going to happen when they ban sharing of public domain content? What if you share an out of print book, or a 100 year old Edison recording? Or a US government printing office pamphlet? Or your own home movies? Could you imagine the court case of someone banned or fined for something like that? What kind of damages could you collect?
And how about sharing bootleg recordings, thereby depriving the bootlegger of his illegal profits?
All this is really going to do is make tons and tons of money for lawyers!
Meanwhile, you can find all kinds of free music at http://www.archive.org/index.php.
Hi

March 15th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

I told you they were smart
japan sucks

March 15th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

i wage internet war on japan
Kevin

March 15th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

Who Cares!!!!!!!!!!!!
rosa

March 15th, 2008 at 7:41 pm

***************I am a beautiful woman from New York. OMG is a quite good place to meet friends and even find whatever your need. i am just in the beginning of my career and want to find a rich man, maybe to be my sugar daddy. so i uploaded my hot and even naked photos on s u g a r m a t c h m a k e r . c o m. under the name Micho2993, maybe you want to check out my photos firstly!
diveguy

March 15th, 2008 at 7:42 pm

i think it is funny seeing what winny, #14 has to say. considering that people have already been charge, sued and convicted in the USA regarding the same thing. being outside the states, and yet close enough to them, i can’t believe that she/he complains about the stuff coming out of there while all that she has to do is look local for just as bad, lol
zero

March 15th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

oh and on one other point the person who first mentioned the real id is right while Japan may not have all the liberties America had at one point
they are pretty cut and dry about what rights there citizens have while her in America we are having the constitutional rights our for fathers died for slowly being leached away by our own government simply because they want more control over us the patriot act is not only the most un patriotic bill signed by our president and congress but also just the beginning of the s–t to follow all because the citizens of our country are to stupid lazy blind or worse just to f–king apathetic to do a damn thing about there are better ways to deals with the few terrorist that actually might have the balls to try something against this country such as stop pissing of all the other ountries and being world police
and before you start flaming me for this and my first comment i hope you realize how many of your own fellow Americans have been illegally and uncostitutiopnally detained or abducted by our government not including of course people who are threats but hoest and truly inoccent people who did nothing more than did what im doing now
Argos

March 15th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

Theres just no way they could do this. The ISPs would be violating numerous privacy laws. People care about their privacy and if the big ISPs start screwing up with people then the smaller ones who dont comply with this will just start “leaching” their subscribers.
Bobby

March 15th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

Fuck you Rosa
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

i agree with 226.

233: It aint’t how you spell shit, its how you smell it.
It count if you rep your city. Medesto Pride Fo Eva!
INGY Q BINGLEBOP

March 15th, 2008 at 7:44 pm

ROSA, I CHECKED OUT YOUR PICTURES AND YOU REALLY NEED TO GO BACK TO THE TRAILER PARK, SHAVE YOUR LEGS, BUY SOME DENTURES, AND GET SOME PLASTIC SURGERY. THOSE POCK MARKS ARE SO HUGE I COULD GO FISHING FOR BACTERIA IN THEM. YOU ARE ONE SMUGLY SKANKY HO.
John

March 15th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

If people who make DVDs and Programs get real, then no person will download. 20 USD is quite a lot in 3rd world countries. What I see is ISPs and others in power wishing to stop the flow of ideas. So MGM will not make 20 bucks from a DVD sale, but the copy will spread Western ideas and encourage free thinking. No 24 you need to get a life.
aw

March 15th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

@HI
they are not smart for doing this. they are just being dumb for doing this they will lose alot of subcriber..poor internet providers they will end up losing jobs for doing this
jizz

March 15th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

comment #46, your a dumbass. probably a cardinals fan.

i’m increasingly paranoid about file-sharing. someone please tell me, in the States, is the gov’t still going after downloaders? uploaders?
fred

March 15th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

its all about the boobies
freeky cheeky

March 15th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

omg y aint the U.S freekin doing dis crapp omg rofl lmbo
J-Tizzle

March 15th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

I have to respond to number 24, about getting free stuff on the Internet being “Ghetto.” Finally, humanity has reached the point where stuff can be duplicated, not stolen. If we could do this with food, would be people try to stop it. Don’t answer it, they probably would stop it, or at least regulate it and sell it. But the point should be clear. If we weren’t so corrupt, entire nations could set a higher standard for learning, without having to worry about purchasing books. Imagine being in college and not having to goto the book store to buy, sell, and return items. You could just download it. I’m not as smart as hackers to be able to all this amazing stuff myself. I leech, but at least I’m make sure to seed well beyond what would be considered polite, if ever there was a such standard. We live in an age where we could end some of life’s greatest strifes, but yet we seem to always be headed in the opposite direction.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

I agree with 240
Josh

March 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

If the major north american ISPs do follow japan in thier stupid attempt to ban file sharers, then i do believe that it will open the door for independent and new ISP companies that do not ban file sharing. All those banned file sharers from the major ISPs will then transfer to those new ISPs that do not ban it. Just my two cents.
Ln.

March 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

ii think. that this is soo not gonna work…but go japan for trying i guess? the reason other countries arent doing it is because its simply unrealistic. im not sure why japan thinks it can eliminate file sharing when no other nation can.
Average Guy

March 15th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

If so called “artist” are complaining, then they should sell advertising like everyone else does. If they wont to do that, well then I am pretty sure there are plenty of fast food places hiring….
sunearth

March 15th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

The connection of the user who repeats the communication of the illegal copy to the net is compulsorily stopped.

It is not all P2P is stopped.

Winny is expected that it will damage at least 100,000,000 dollar for six hours in Japan.
Luciferific

March 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

252 tastes good.
X

March 15th, 2008 at 7:51 pm

Japanese are IDIOTS!!!
matt_er

March 15th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

The policy is not going to work. Too many people file share. This probably will not affect the people in the U.S. only Japan?

Btw, Japan is awesome, I really want to go visit.
xspidey

March 15th, 2008 at 7:54 pm

42 thats just retarted what you said i mean if you get banned off WoW thats entirely your fault and if you get banned for nonsence talk to gms they will reinstate you warcraft is an easy going game as long as ur not on an rp server
46 you are a moron stars make millions and billions you remind me of that stupid ass al gore who complains sooo much that what people are doing is harming the enviroment when he has no proof and i mean reall proof and the odds are stacked against him not olny this inside his mansion he doesnt do shit he asks others to do and he drives nice gas chugging piles of shit and theres like sum kinda e lvlel kinda shit you can look up this moron uses more against the enviroment than all of us
and you know what let a damn isp ban me you cant stop me or anyone from file shareing its litterally impossible and anyone who thinks different think about when hackers ran rabid you know how companys stoped them .. thy hired em and look how many amazingly smart people are out there you cant stop us you can try but the masses shall over come
Japan rules

March 15th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

America sucks. We truly won WWII! Read the histry right
dumb ass

March 15th, 2008 at 7:56 pm

this is so stupid theres alot of problems like global warming and other shit..and here they are wasting time of stoping file sharing WHAT A STUPID THING TO DO
Easy Ho

March 15th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

I’m available. and pretty. any takers?
Realisticly speaking

March 15th, 2008 at 7:57 pm

Just like “bootlegging” movies and cassette tapes was never stopped, file sharing can never, and will never be stopped. I can’t say I’m for either, but it’s going to happen. It’s like petty theft: you can put up all the security cameras and alarms you want, but theft will always happen. Same thing with people video recording a TV show. Are people using Tivo going to be targeted like those who used VCR’s? Probably not, since the fight against VCR’s was a miserable defeat for copywrite holders.

In the US, only the actually sharing folder for KaZaA(or similar programs) can be searched. Anything else is against the law. The idea was, that if there were a lot of files in the shared folder, then that person must be pirating copywritten material.

The problem with file sharing, is that it doesn’t directly violate most copywrite laws since most people don’t try to make money off of it. So, record companies try to find creative ways of fighting it. In the US, record companies are even going after radio stations for playing copywritten music. Issues with that? In the old days, that’s how you got people to know a record exists, and get them to buy it.

Consumers find any way possible to save money(especially on things we don’t need), and sellers have to be creative and convince people to spend money on things consumers don’t really need.
Smart ass

March 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

I agree with dumb ass (266)
dumb ass

March 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

265 why wont u guys wage war to the US lets see who will win
marie

March 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

I wonder how many people who file share on a regular basis have ever actually gotten off their butts and put their heart, money and time into a creative project? I wonder how many people who file share, I mean steal other people’s work, have ever experienced making a living in a creative field. We’re are talking about rights concerning ‘intellectual property.’ and the new thinking that it’s all coming from big fat cats and big business is not correct.
Also, the internet offers a wonderful array of classes on line. Perhaps you could download a college course in economics or trademark and property law. It’s really interesting stuff that affects us all.
David B

March 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

LOL!!! This is funny.. go ahead ban them… its just yourself your going to put out of business… I thought they were smart too… put it easy for you… THE MORE PEOPLE YOU BAN.. THE MORE PEOPLE YOU LOOSE. AND HERE IN A AMERICA THAT MEANS WE CAN GET OUR PHONE, AND TV FROM PLACES THAT DON’T PROVIDE INTERNET.. so go ahead.. i will laugh when you are bankrupt.
pei

March 15th, 2008 at 7:58 pm

ah shut up about this I hate Japan crap.
sterlingk

March 15th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

Give ‘em Fresno and let us keep the downloading.
Fresno is even ugly from the air.
japs suck

March 15th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

they eyes too slanty and can’t see they laws right over there. das why they be illegalizing da internet.
zero

March 15th, 2008 at 8:00 pm

oh and a final note for all the piracy is a crimers
if you buy a dvd , cd, book or any other copy righted media
according to the current piracy laws
by letting anyone whether it be your friends or family view in any way that material you your self and the person shared to have committed a piracy crime whether money was obtained or not same goes if you pawn or sell said items as the gov and record company did not recieve any of that money or recieve money for the reciept of said material
thus in legal terms the only way to watch a movie or listen to music or read a book legally is to
A watch it in theaters
B wait for it top show up on tv
C listen to it on the radio
or D borrow it from a government run, or properly liscened private library
and so according to those whove seen read or listened to anything period needs to be sued and jailed.
Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Central Cali is Da Bomb Yo!
xspidey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:01 pm

argh beware all ye who enter here thar be pirates here
Jesus Is Alive

March 15th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

BlessingsBeyondBelief:The selfish Americans who have caved in justice,freedom,liberty.The real americans who self love with pride and precaution blessings to you.Woke up under this rooted taurus moon felling sensual,calm, cool.Appeciating life for what it is.To self-love is to love others. always.You have to love life to love others.The control communist hate freedom,despise
knowlege and kill the rebels for freedom with communist fists of rage.Control freaks inc..To control is a good thing in yourself and things.The control the powers that be want is deathly similar to witch burners,indian rapist of selfish wasting control.When i was younger i never thought i would see so many
dictators. Though society needs structure.Theres a fine line between.I agree that we are all connected,but most think my way or the highway wanting control of friends,lovers,and family.
I respect all.Try to move through this forrest the best way possible.How come so many want you to fail? Every side our own communitys.Also thank you for being patient with the hyperactive\
soul.
Anti-Dumbass

March 15th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

# 266 Dumbass ,maybe because this is a forum about FILE SHARING. If you wanna bitch about global warming go to the Greenpeace site.
xspidey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

number 271 i file share not only this i own and operate a store in side a game called Secondlife not olny this i work in an automive body shop where i live where i make art with my hands every day restoreing cars and customizeing cars talk to be about creativity hell all the shit in my head whould make u go crazy
Jake

March 15th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

wtf is wrong with japans they r just FUCKING RETARDED JUST 2 TELL U BITCHES i use limewire and if u ban it u ban my whole life whats wrong with u people go stick ur head in the tolit and re-think it or maybe just 4GET IT CAZ THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN U SLUTISH HOES AND DON’T GO PUNK IT ALL ON US OK
berice

March 15th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

Bobby #224 that made me laugh pretty damn hard dude.
drugdealer08@yahoo.com

March 15th, 2008 at 8:04 pm

dude´s this is bullshit its file sharing
not robing music stupid asses!!!!!!!!!!!
but good thing its not in mexico
FUCK THA 4 SERVICE
AND FUCK ANY 1 THA SUPPORTS THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

comments my email is drugdealer08@yahoo.com
pei

March 15th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

33 and 164 - shut up racist fools
Billyjoebob

March 15th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

#223 Bobby I totally agree, ban everyone from life because humans aren’t perfect so we should just all be removed. Also i think that file sharing is more of an advertisement…i’ll either buy it or i wont regardless of weather i have downloaded it via file sharing.
PACOIMA

March 15th, 2008 at 8:05 pm

EY FUCK FRESNO AND MODESTO. ITS ALL ABOUT PACOIMA!
WHAT THE FUCK 279?
Japan is Stupid

March 15th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

To #265. You are retarded. Japan sucks shit. At least America is free you dumb retarded fuck!
J-Tizzle

March 15th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

I find it horrible that so many people on here think file sharing is stealing. In order to steal, the item must be gone. And by all means, the items are all still there. Its sharing people. And people think artists are losing out. A lot of artists make their money from touring, not selling albums. Album sales matter to the companies that distribute them. Remember long before you could even buy an album, artists used to tour cities, and play for their fans.
follababy

March 15th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

It’s about time. Great news
Pro-Anti-Dumass

March 15th, 2008 at 8:07 pm

I agree with 280 about 266.
pei

March 15th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

275. japs suck

March 15th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

they eyes too slanty and can’t see they laws right over there. das why they be illegalizing da internet.

what a biggot this guy is….just like saying white a-holes
a guest of these forums

March 15th, 2008 at 8:08 pm

Re: #18
You must be a shill for the RIAA and others. Truth is that file sharing in fact has been a boon to truly independent filmmakers and other non affiliated content producers, because they’ve become better known; it only really harms the big sharks, who have been robbing everyone blind and suppressing the little guy for decades. Is it forever sustainable? No, but turning the reins over to the RIAA and groups like them isn’t the way to go about it. Studies have proven people do prefer to do things right, file sharing and the entire music and movie industry needs to be re-envisioned. A service which becomes a mix of iTunes and P2P, where independent content produces set their own prices, and not companies like Apple or Amazon, and where they’re not ignored by Sony Music, Universal, etc. who before had the final say, will win against every other P2P form out there. The proof exists in that music CDs remain the most popular form of distribution and in the correlation that as the array of music grows in services like Amazon and iTunes, the greater those services sales are, and the more the sales of those CDs drop. It should be clear to anyone but the most casual observer that the main problem is the greed of the copyright holders to try to garner every penny they can as if every piece of content they owned was new and gold. If they were to more reasonably pro-rate their work, on a iTunes/P2P-mix network where even the little guy can set their own prices, we’d ALL be a whole lot happier in the long run.

Re: #26
An excellent point. If you expel the sharers from the internet, with technologies like wimax and the population density considered, a new network inevitably would form. This network would be more difficult to regulate and control and allow the worse forms of human behavior a free haven.

Re: Overall
This is troubling. At what point does banning P2P evolve into censorship and then banning all political dissent? If the private interest is allowed the ability to control what their customers can do or say, is not fascism and despotism the only logical result?

I beg Japan to not set this example, for I fear what my country would do with it.
follababy

March 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

Obviously #89 does not understand intellectual property. This goes much further than just artists
needleninja

March 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

no more hentia….. sniffs and crys*
pei

March 15th, 2008 at 8:09 pm

lol ..united states ain’t no damn free country..
Will

March 15th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

For those of you who can’t read, i’d like to point out that the article states its not the japanese government that is doing this its the ISPs but i guess since you cant read you wouldnt know what im saying now anyways…also if you had half a brain you would understand that…also file sharing isnt illegal but sharing material that is licensed can be illegal depending on your countries laws.
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

If it we’re for Japanese techology, America would still be in the stone ages. Therefore America sucks. Beware. We will side with the Chinese!
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

We have magnetic bullet tranes here. do you? now what!
Corey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

It’s sharing, not stealing
truhonor

March 15th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

isnt file sharing still legal in switzerland i mean i mean i im not as wise as most of the people who live on the net ie.. world of war carft nerds get a life lol i am sorry i just had to say it but anyway to what i was saying from what i do know file sharing pending on the program used is nearley indetectable (i spelled that worng i tink ) i mean yea hell since i fist dicovered file sharing i havent bought a single cd yet unless i really like the track or the artist same as movies the i buy it so i can have it on hard copy.
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

Shut up Will; dumb smart ass.
xspidey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

without amrica where whould japan be tho hmm ? everyhting i buy says made in japan so um number 289 this world is supported by everyone no one country can support itself any more
American Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

We invented hamburgers and hotdogs. did you japs? Now what!
rosa

March 15th, 2008 at 8:16 pm

@@@@@@@@@@@I am a beautiful woman from New York. my name isLucy ，OMG is a quite good place to meet friends and even find whatever your need. i am just in the beginning of my career and want to find a rich man, maybe to be my sugar daddy. so i uploaded my hot and even naked photos on s u g a r m a t c h m a k e r . c o m. under the name Micho2993, maybe you want to check out my photos firstly!
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

We invented Geisha girls bitch!
kevy

March 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

51# Fresno

March 15th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

japan sucks, go china

~LOLZ you idiot!! china regulates internet and media hahahahah stupid
gary

March 15th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

i hate 265 and i do not even know him.
Dat Nigga over der

March 15th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Rosa - yous a fine mamasita.
mario

March 15th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

japan fuckin asain asshole hahah fuck they think they r so sick now they get what coming to them fuckin nips hahah
xspidey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

lol japan pride i whouldnt try and take claim for inventing whores
sunearth

March 15th, 2008 at 8:19 pm

Is #265 #298 #302 American?
Mickz

March 15th, 2008 at 8:20 pm

sounds like war…
Nipon For Life

March 15th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

You white american honkeys are lazy. We’re a hundred times smaller as a country in land size but we got the second highest GNP!! Ha! Your country is going bankrupt from this war on terror!! Ha! You got a ressesion!! Ha!
xspidey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:22 pm

its funny tho people are all bitchig for and about apan but dont forget france and the uk are also doing this and btw america has been trying for years and has yet to susceed on this idea of stoping pirates
Arch

March 15th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

heh, they wont stop file sharing ppl will always find a way…
Pancho

March 15th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

?Que?
Rob Stumpf

March 15th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

What is the philosophy of the file-stealers? “I want it, therefore, I should be able to steal it”? This is what happens when you learn about the world by sitting in front of the computer whacking off to internet porn. You become really, really stupid. If you really think stealing is okay, then have someone steal your stuff and see if that bothers you. Call it “sharing” if that makes any difference at all.
kevin

March 15th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

make a cyber jail.oh no what did I do.
rosa

March 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

*******￥%￥%￥￥I am a beautiful woman from New York. OMG is a quite good place to meet friends and even find whatever your need. i am just in the beginning of my career and want to find a rich man, maybe to be my sugar daddy. so i uploaded my hot and even naked photos on s u g a r m a t c h m a k e r . c o m. under the name Micho2993, maybe you want to check out my photos firstly!
Pancho

March 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

Donde es mi lawnmowero?
xCHRISx

March 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

oh well, if this some how actually works (which i doubt), we will always have cd/dvd burners to get media from friends.

which is exactly what file sharing networks do, except far more people contributing.
alphabetsoup

March 15th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

you people keep saying fuck the government….the government has nothing to do with it….but still FUCK THEIR GOVERNMENT! GO AMERICA!! all american SOUTHERN boy!! and while im fucking things ill go ahead n throw yankees and your mother in that list to
Pancho

March 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

Rosa, mi hermosita, venge a la mi casa pur chinga.
CC3

March 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

Face it the close net workof people there will stop file sharing over the ISPs they will just swtch over t a big off internet wireless network instead. They have them alreadyand they will just get bigger and become there own internet. This will only be a slight slow down, if some of them were smart they would start a wireless network you pay to access and file share.
Will

March 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pm

Japanese pride, you make me sad.. i probably speak your language better than you can. but thats ok because you obviously lack understanding of multiple cultures and how intertwined America and Japan is….bunch of bigots and racists on the internet because your all to afraid to say what you think in person
Japan is Boss

March 15th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

America sucks! besides Michigan.
lokis gett

March 15th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

actually this is going to hurt independent artist too, file sharing is a way of unknowns to get known without the hassle of going through the big brother companies like sony or time warner. the future isnt in making money from your product, its from making money from advertisers who pay for the traffic on your site of for the advertising attached to your product, such as a 5 second spot before a song or a 30 sec commercial before and after a movie. the problem is that large companies are trying to put a bandaid on hemophiliac, doesnt work, and instead of forward thinking or old fashioned make a lemon lemonade they continue to think in a past tense. in truth, file sharing could be the next biggest market for advertisers, yes, let people bandie files back and forth, and piggie back on them. what revenue movie companies lose on downloading they will make back in advertising revenue, and there will always be a core of people who insist on quality, and want the extras that one buy a dvd for, same with music….the extras that go along with the music. but that would mean CEO’s in these mega giants would have to become intelligent and compitent, one thing most executive officers in modern day corporations are not…think locust with ego.
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

326 Will

you jus afraid to admit that america is losing in the international areana. Japan and china will be the next super power. your country is going down.
weeaboo

March 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

Well fuck you Japan.

Its not like you can stop file sharing.

Encrypted networks, do you know it?
Jaclyn

March 15th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

Honestly, so many people replything to this thing are so rediculous. “There won’t be any more porn?” Who cares.

Secondly, piracey is illegal. You aren’t “sharing” anything. It’s just a eufimisom for “STEALING,” and that’s exactly what it is. It cheats the creator out of their money. For those of you who believe it doesn’t hurt the person (i.e. Nicole Kidman) because they are rich, perhaps you are right. However, it doesn’t make it less of theft and it doesn’t make it less wrong. Anyone who got as far as they did now, did it through hard work and is still working hard; it’s their money and they deserve it. Stealing files means that one person buys it rather than the thousand that “share” it. If America follows suit it will be a good thing.

On that note however, a full out ban does seem a little extreme. There is a similar law going on in parts of America, the offender found downloading songs has to pay for them in the end, and much more than buying the albums would have cost. One college student was charge over 30,000 dollars I believe. For those of you who are so up in arms about this, regardless of the fact that it’s punnishment for a crime, just like jail time for a bank robber, stop being stupid, it doesn’t affect you that greatly yet, and likely wont.

Except for those in Japan, you wont get banned for sharing files right now. Secondly, for those in America, it’s highly unlikely that OUR government with all it’s nuances and tendencies to crumble under pressure, will pass any law even similar to Japan’s.

Now as a last note, for all the morons:
China is more controlling of it’s people than Japan (duh) there are certain BROADCASTED tv shows that are not allowed to air, some of them for a simple “emphasis on the powerful and rich.”
Japan is neither a communist or totalitarian government, they have a House of Representatives and a Prime Minister, and it’s not the government that pushed the law in the first place.
There are more important issues to protest than the right to commit a crime. No one would protest jail time to a serial killer, would they? Instead of claiming that the government should not enforce the law, why don’t we get bothered over things like China’s invasion of Tibet, or genocide in Africa, or issues like forcing preteen girls to get vaccinations that they don’t need, letting people who have KILLED others get away with it because it “wasn’t their fault, they fried their brain with drugs.”

I’m not trying to digress from the point at hand, but there are greater things to argue and protest than the just punishing of a crime.
...stupid...

March 15th, 2008 at 8:32 pm

This is sooo stupid…there is no way they can control the internet! Plus all these people that are saying how stupid it is to share files…okay you’re not perfect little saints either! So stop trying to be noble…besides getting international music for famous Jrock and Jpop artists is next to impossible with out file sharing. Besides sometimes if someone likes the artist enough they go and buy their cds so in a way they are helping artists gain more popularity so when they go tour in other countries they make more money! So they need to stop griping…shoot…they have more money than they could ever hope to spend in a lifetime!!!
cancer

March 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

hey #299! it’s train, not trane.

pls review ur basics.
intelijent guy

March 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

America rules! Go Florida!
Noodles

March 15th, 2008 at 8:33 pm

Knowledge belongs to the people. End of story. If you publish a song. It belongs to humanity, not you anymore. If you write a program, it belongs to the people who use it. Make money off of supporting it!

I can’t tell you how much more money I have made Microsoft by using illegal copies of their software by learnig it, supporting it, and then ultimately buying it for all of my customers.

Stop looking at piracy as theft, and more so as an investment!
jack

March 15th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

Remember using legal software without assuming responsability, with state like: “Read this, if you open, see or use this soft is own property but aren`t responsible of fail, inaccuracies, year 2k bugs, ect. and we use your money like we want and you must to spend, spend and spend like goofy and we gain, gain and again gain is a false sense of intellectual property. Don´t use legal stuff, arruin your pocktes and the music and movies don´t use legals media destroy your led reader, jajajaja. Only illegal matter is good for the world, if no ask Mr. Bush.
macc

March 15th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

I’m so sick of shit for brain people who think banning “file sharing” is somehow wrong or greedy.
Uh, Its property rights 101 morons. Read the goddamn consitution. When some makes a product, it is your property. Your work. And it is up to the individual to make money or do WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT. WHY? BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS BASED ON PROTECTION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Your neighbor can look at your lawnmower or car and say, “I want that, I’ll just take it” But they don’t because “we” have agreed to make it illegal enforced by sanction. So we don’t steal from each other because…….WE DON’T WANT TO HAVE OUR STUFF (PROPERTY) STOLEN so we agree not to do it to each other.
Duping a movie or song file without paying for it is NO DIFFERENT THAN STEALING A CAR SOMEONE HAS MADE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. Just because it is so easy to do, doesn;t justify it. How would all you shit for brains like it if I logged into your bank and took 10 bucks for myself now and then. “WHY SHOULD YOU MIND? WHAT ARE YOU GREEDY?
yes, people will always find a way around copy protection. But stealing some’s work without permission or paying IS WRONG.
And by the way, all you stupid fucks fall for the term “file sharing” like its some right to freely copy digital property without permission or paying for it.
NO I’m not for the government tracking our P.C’s. I 100% against it.
Yes, the tape era wasn;t harmful. But when Digital can copy the source so well, or the internet makes it absurdly easy to do, then there is a problem.
When you do this, you kill the artist or the developer of the sofware. Not to mention the jobs that go along with it. People who work in plastics plants, the secretarys, the salesment, the truckdrivers, the advertisers. ECT.
Wake the fuck up you stupid fucks.
God bless everyone
sunearth

March 15th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

327

You are slightly persistent.
I cannot laugh.
Japanese Porn slut

March 15th, 2008 at 8:35 pm

damn! wea me go get work now?
Regulator

March 15th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

all those whining about file sharing i got two words for you:
RADIO HEAD.

or is it supposed to be one word?…
Will

March 15th, 2008 at 8:36 pm

Japan Pride, Dont you think thats why i learned your language? 日本語勉強した３年ぐらいだよ。i probably went to a better university in your own country than you did….anyways i dont give a shit about my country (except for the fact that i am free to do what i want ) or anyone elses country. i care about people that are competent - weather they are japanese, chinese, european ect doesn’t matter.
Really?

March 15th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

Ah, #265. Not sure if you’re swelling with a sense of sense of Japanese pride or just a little child yanking our chains, but I wouldn’t have mind if we’d dropped a couple more them bombs. Would’ve been completely fine with me. As for a permenant ban from the internet for subsequent file sharing… Haha. How many of you have shared a file? Go ahead. Ban file sharers. I’ll see how this goes for Japan about two weeks into the month of April.
Anti-Jaclyn

March 15th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Shut up Jaclyn you nerd. This ain’t social studies.
hellokitty 453

March 15th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Then they wouldnt make any money they should just stop filing sharing… its not even that serious
Steve Strong

March 15th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

In regards to the apostrophe comment

Actually, you should use an apostrophe when making acronyms plural; the same is true when making letters plural. For example, the plural of ATM is ATM’s, not ATMs. Furthermore, the plural of T is T’s, not Ts.
Steel

March 15th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

@DUNCAN

I hope you realize you have just turned TC into a Digg like site with this stupid post. Are you reading all this juvenile crap. Brings lots of traffic but look where it all comes from. I’m sure all the professionals who come here are terribly disappointed as well.
jonny apple

March 15th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

thatz not fair comon if i went to japan i wont get to share files!
Jaclyn

March 15th, 2008 at 8:39 pm

And all this racisim on this forum is disgusting. It shouldn’t matter so much. You can have selfpride and pride for and of your country without the biggotry. All of it simply makes you look small and pathetic. Regardless of what country your from, its all part of the same world. Same atmosphere, same oceans, same rising sea levels… all that jazz. Maybe, eventually, just before the world goes down in flames, people will finally figure out how to mean what they say when “we’re equal” is the mask the prejudiced hide behind. It was issues over military, power struggles, and nationalism that led to World War 1, and it was thos same things with racisim and the greed for power that led to the second World War. Countless acts of murder and other crimes have been commited under the same circumstances. But go ahead, laugh it up and fill the world with hate speach and stupidity, what does it matter what it could lead to, right?
.....

March 15th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

okay 337 you need to really calm down. Most of the people here are just having a debate. You are totally over the top….what is with you calling people all those rude names and insulting them and then saying God bless everyone…pretty sure you’re the only ’stupid fuck’ here. I’m sure i’m not alone in saying that we are actually embarressed for you.
ORALE

March 15th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

So far the ones that make since are #60,#82,#88 & #115. I agree with #116 “Oh No”, FRESNO & #288 ARE FUNNY.
peckerwood

March 15th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

well said noodles
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Will: its good you agree that america sucks. we will give you good jobs in our country! good!
Mr.Horny

March 15th, 2008 at 8:42 pm

I LIKE PORN, THEREFORE I WORRY ABOUT MY PORN.
I CARE ABOUT ABOUT PORN, THEREFORE I WILL FIGHT FOR PORN.
I LIVE IN PORN, THEREFORE I AM PORN!!!!!!!!

SO DON’T TAKE MY PORN AWAY JAPANNNNNNNNNNNNNN
Jaclyn

March 15th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

@ “anit-Jaclyn”

Not all ::big grin:: It’s economics ain’t it? Glad to see I got a reaction though ^-^ Nice when someone realizes your point is valid and intelligent, after all “social science/studies,” that requires high level thinking, don’t it? Sorry if it confused you, perhaps I should have used smaller words.
tlcoopi7

March 15th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Have you guys actually read the entire article? The proposal was not from the Japanese government, but rather the Internet providers from the pressure of the entertainment industry. The purpose of file sharing is getting entertainment for free and the entertainment industry wants a crackdown of it because it causes them to lose money. If anyone remembers Napster, it was a filesharing program until it was forced by the entertainment industry to either shut down or their users have to pay for their downloads. It has nothing to do with government, it has to do with the royalities.
Japanese Pride

March 15th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Site your source 345. dumb american. Japanese is a better languge.
underzenith

March 15th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Very concerned about number 30 as well. I hope fansubs for anime and jdramas won’t be affected. It’s not like there’s any other way for non-Japanese to view them without file sharing. Have to agree with the majority who say that file sharing cannot be stopped. Instead of trying to abolish file sharing, they should just find ways to monetize it.

Just a few days ago, Yahoo! featured an article that said shutting down napster is the biggest record company mistake ever made. maybe they should learn a thing or two from that.

Article is here:
http://www.blender.com/article.....6&pg=3
Corey

March 15th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Here we go again. The Japanese will be hopping on ships and riding over here like the cuban’s except ISPs will be the Castro of Japan.

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