Japan: Download a pirated file, and it’s a two-year jail sentence

We love Japan and their entertainment industry -  the anime, manga, J-pop, etc. But this seems to be the Orwellian approach to copyright enforcement on the Internet.

It doesn’t seem to involve any strikes approach of warning Net users of downloading questionable materials. Japan recently amended their copyright law that will jail illegal downloaders for up to two years and a fine up to two million yen ($20,000). The uploading of copyright materials still stands at a 10-year jail sentence.

For the folks in Japan, start protesting on this if this concerns you the most – because to make this possible, the Internet providers along with copyright owners will have to track your Internet usage in a effort to catch the infringers.

Japan Makes Unauthorized Downloading a Criminal Offense - TorrentFreak