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October 1, 2012 09:55 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0gEb64svhOQ/japan-competes-with-panama-to.html
Japan competes with Panama to pass the world's worst copyright law
Japan has extended its shockingly bad copyright law, passed in June, which provides for 10-year prison sentences for people who upload copyrighted works without permission; under the new law, downloading a copyrighted work without permission also carries up to two years in prison. The Japanese copyright lobby has also renewed its demand for mandatory network [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0gEb64svhOQ/japan-competes-with-panama-to.html
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