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Japanese ISPs To Cut Net Access For File Sharers

Posted by Zonk on from the would-be-nice-to-surf-the-net dept.

modemac writes "Four major Japanese telecom organizations, which represent 'about 1,000 major and smaller' domestic ISPs, have agreed to forcibly cut the Internet connection of filesharers. They're specifically targeting users of the 'Winny' program, trading copied gaming software and music. The article states that a new set of ISP guidelines will be drawn up on how to cut off users who 'leak illegally copied material onto the Net.'"

4 of 167 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Lets hope this really happens by macslas'hole · · Score: 4, Funny

    The problem is winny users But is that any business of the ISPs'?
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    Life's a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
  2. Little Winny won't go ... by 2TecTom · · Score: 1, Funny

    North side, east side
    Little Winny, Winny wears the crown,
    P2Ps the king around town
    Downloads, uploads
    Winny drives them silly with its
    file sharing shimmy shuffle down
    Way past one, and feeling allright
    'Cos with little Winny round
    they can last all night
    Hey down, stay down, stay down down

    'Cos little Winny, Winny won't go
    But you can't push Winny round, Winny won't go,
    try tellin' everybody but, oh no
    Little Winny, Winny won't go ... ;~)

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    Words to men, as air to birds.
  3. Re:Lets hope this really happens by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is not good. A four-digit dotter getting schooled by a seven-digit. Slashdot is finished.

  4. Re:NP by rubycodez · · Score: 2, Funny

    plenty of japanese porn is done via bittorrent. not that I watch that filth, some guy told me about it. yeah, what a pervert.