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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.'"

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  1. Re:Lets hope this really happens by Carbon016 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Putting BitTorrent on a pillar of anonymity isn't a great idea - I can grab IPs and hostnames of peers and seeds in a couple clicks. Compared to Winny, BT seems rather transparent.