Censorware Funded By The Japanese Government

sakichan writes "Most readers of /. won't know about the censorware funded by the Japanese Government. Recently I distributed tools to decrypt rating labels, not violating the license. One month after, IAJapan, which represents the Internet industry in Japan and runs the censorware project, changed the license. The new license prohibits not only reverse-engineering, but also "any activities which We consider would interfere with Our Purpose or business, by means of the use of the Software or the Services." Full story is on my web site."

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Nations Filtering Content.

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I once thought the practice of blocking access to sites nationwide was going to be all but impossible, but it appears that the first baby steps being taken in the East have been somewhat succesful.
I'm interested in the effect such blocking software will have in a trade dispute. What if the EU, or it's individual nations implement such policies? Will http://www.boeing.com/ be unavailable in Europe due to lobbying by Airbus? Is this a paving the way for digital sanctions?