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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.
Sheesh. It's pretty obvious how it's a copyright issue. You might like to argue that it is "fair use", which probably doesn't even exist in Japan, or you might like to argue that copyright is an outdated law that does more harm than good these days (yah!) but you can't argue that this isn't a copyright issue, cause it's obvious to everyone that it is.
How we know is more important than what we know.
"Way to equate people who value freedom over "more creative works" as pirates."
You are. Color it however you like, it is what it is.
"You didn't even get the concept of copyright correct. It's not "who gets copies", it's "who gets to make the copies".
So, by controlling who gets to make the copies you're not controlling who has copies? Oh wait, YES YOU ARE.
Copyright law is screwy, but advocates like you who rattle of nonsense like you did here are the worst possible thing for those of us who want copyright reform.
"You decide Penguin is going to make your copies for you. They give you some money. They sell me some copies. Copyright law does not give you the right to take those books away from me."
First, I never said they did. Second, where did the original permission come from for the original copies...
YOU think real hard, and you'll realize why YOU'RE wrong.
And stop claiming I made an argument I never made.
"You made the statement:"
Nope, someone else did. I didn't even agree with it.
This is an great example of the level of care you take when forming your opinions, that is, none.
In the future, pay closer attention.
Because you were wrong and made a ridiculous point that needed refutation.
Funny how it's MY fault that you were too stupid to bother discerning who you were actually replying to. As I said, indicative of the level of care you take.
"Fuckin' troll."
At least you were nice enough to sign your post.
You know, the more I think about the more I can't figure out, why is it MY fault you're too fucking stupid to know who you're replying to?
Why be a cunt about it when it's obvious you fucked up?
Now, seriously, hentai aside. we're talking about a conutry in which selling used CDs is illegal. I am not making this up.