Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Japan enacts two-year jail terms for illegal downloading

Japan enacts two-year jail terms for illegal downloading:


Draconian laws mean 10 years for uploaders

Downloading pirated material in Japan can now earn you two years in prison and a fine of two million yen ($25,600) for each purloined file, with uploaders facing 10 years in the Big House and a fine five times as large.…