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Japan: Crackdown on File Sharing?

Monday, March 17th, 2008 @ 15:01 UTC

by Chris Salzberg

Countries:: Japan
Topics:: Business, Economics, Internet & Telecoms, Law, Software & Tools, Technology, Industry

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Danny Choo writes about an announcement that Japanese ISPs are going to forcibly cut off users who share files over the Internet, pointing out differences between English-language and Japanese-language coverage of the story.

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