Earlier today we looked at a report that Japan’s major ISPs would be cracking down on file sharing. Associated Press is now reporting that Sweden will also be broadening the Swedish rules and will allow courts to identify and punish file sharing operations.
AP reports
Sweden’s Pirate Party was not please with this decision. This small Swedish political group which promotes a free and open information society called the move a “sanctioned blackmailing operation”.
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Japan News is reporting that four major ISPs in Japan are working together to stop pirating activity, especially the use of the “Winny” and similar programs that allow peer to peer file sharing.
According to the The Yomiuri Shimbun:
the measure would become the first countermeasure against Winny-using rights-violators used by the whole provider industry.
The number of users of file-sharing software such as Winny in the country is estimated to be about 1.75 million, with most of the files exchanged using the software believed to be illegal copies.A brief six-hour survey by a copyright organization monitoring the Internet found about More»

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