Last year Japan's parliament put a measure into place that made downloading copyright material a criminal offense — and the country recently announced a crackdown that resulted in the arrest of 27 different individuals. Japan's National Police Agency announced that police departments across all 47 of Japan's prefectures conducted searches in 124 different locations between February 19th and 21st. According to the agency, the resulting 27 arrests were for copyright violation of movies, television shows, anime, and music using file-sharing software. The Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers, and Publishers — similar to the Recording Industry Association of America, it pursues lawsuits over copyright violations — announced...
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