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Storing Personal Music Online Is Illegal In Japan
An anonymous reader writes "A decision in Tokyo District Court could have implications in Japan for online services that let users store files, if any music files are involved. The court case pitted JASRAC, the Japanese organization that collects fees for public music performances, against Image City, whose MYUTA service lets users employ a central server to store songs from their own CDs, to play on their own phones. The Tokyo District Court handed down a ruling declaring Image City guilty of copyright infringement (Google translation). Despite the music being stored strictly for personal use, the ruling reasoned that the act of uploading music to a central server owned by a company is the equivalent of distributing music to that company. This has implications for other services such as Yahoo! Briefcase and Apple's .Mac, which could mean these companies are guilty of copyright infringement if any of their users in Japan store music in their accounts for personal use. Here are some additional details on JASRAC's activities and methods." Neither article talks about possible appeals, or about how strong a precedent this case sets in the Japanese legal system.
You know, I have to strain hard to consider these jihadis "people".
Fine, don't. The USA has kidnapped and tortured innocent people who were abducted from neutral countries, who haven't been accused of anything, for whom no evidence against them exists. The "jihadis" are irrelevant to the conversation.
It's Memorial Day for a couple hours yet. Don't forget to spare a thought for the veteran whose sacrifices enabled your condescension.
Bullshit. Memorial Day is celebrated for the American Civil War, which came about because the federal government didn't want some states to secede. That's 100% the opposite of fighting for freedom, it's fighting for the right to govern others who do not want to be governed by you. You claim to want "personal soverignity" and eschew political power, but you celebrate the elimination of sovereignity and the exercising of political power today. Your words ring hollow.