Jail For File-Sharing Not Enough, Labels Want ISP-Level Spying Regime

[Hard core Rikki]

This cant be made up. Why would elected representatives need to soil their hands when corporations can force the instituting of a gestapo-ed web and take all the flak?

Also, watching Youtube videos is also becoming illegal, and sanctionable by prison terms.



Jail For File-Sharing Not Enough, Labels Want ISP-Level Spying Regime

From October, knowingly uploading or simply downloading copyrighted material from the Internet will be a criminal offense subject to jail sentences in Japan. But despite now having the ultimate deterrent, it’s still not enough for the Recording Industry Association of Japan. The group is now pressing for ISPs to install spying technologies that will automatically block unauthorized uploads.

Earlier this week, Japan approved an amendment to its Copyright Law that will soon give the authorities the power to jail Internet users for up to two years for simply downloading copyright material.

Uploading copyright material has been illegal for some time, but the criminalization of downloading has caused some to worry whether simply viewing a pirate music video on YouTube could render people liable to prosecution.

Understandably this kind of talk has the potential to lead to a climate of fear among Internet media consumers, but if that leads to increased sales at authorized outlets rightsholders won’t be too disappointed. In fact, after lobbying hard for this tough copyright law amendment, that will be very much “mission accomplished.”

Not surprisingly though, even the toughest of sanctions aren’t going to stop the big recording labels coming back for more mechanisms to protect their interests. And that they have.

Several music rights groups including the Recording Industry Association of Japan say they have developed a system capable of automatically detecting unauthorized music uploads before they even hit the Internet. In order to do that though, Internet service providers are being asked to integrate the system into their networks.



The system works by spying on the connections of users and comparing data being uploaded to the Internet with digital fingerprints held in an external database. As can be seen from the diagram, the fingerprinting technology employed is from GraceNote, with intermediate systems provided by Copyright Data Clearinghouse (CDC).

Once a match is found, rightholders want ISPs to automatically block the allegedly infringing content. But according to one report, there may even be requests to send out warning letters to uploaders. If implemented this would amount to the most invasive “3 strikes” style regime anywhere in the world.

The system is being promoted as a benefit to ISPs, in the sense that once installed (and licensed at a cost of around $600 per month) they can potentially avoid being held liable for copyright infringements carried out by their customers. Whether not having it installed will save ISPs from privacy invasion lawsuits remains to be seen.

Rightsholders have tried to get service providers to install this kind of system before, most notably resulting in the legal battle between music rights group SABAM and Belgian ISP Scarlet. That case ended in 2011 with the European Court of Justice declaring that spying on Internet users would breach their privacy and violate the fundamental rights of both the ISP and its subscribers.

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[Radix865]

Well, knowing japanese officials it'll most likely end up as just talk and no bark... And that spying system sounds pretty much impossible...

But what this means is that record companies are now officially owning the world... In US they already seem to have more rights than FBI to hunt down these "horrible" criminals and in EU it is going that way fast or is that way already... Depending on the country.

Let's just hope that Kim Dotcom succeeds in his next masterplan and the record companies will just die already... They will either die or they will have to change, eventually.

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[ElijahTW]

Originally Posted by Radix865

Let's just hope that Kim Dotcom succeeds in his next masterplan and the record companies will just die already... They will either die or they will have to change, eventually.

Meh, there has been plenty of sites that were supposedly going to replace the record companies, but none of them have had any real successs. Sellaband comes to mind.

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[Hard core Rikki]

If currently contracted artists cant be mooched off labels, catering to penniless indies and favouring them through the initial scarcity make sense.

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[Radix865]

Originally Posted by ElijahTW

Meh, there has been plenty of sites that were supposedly going to replace the record companies, but none of them have had any real successs. Sellaband comes to mind.

Well, he is planning on letting the artists keep 90% of the sales which is a lot more than any predecessor... Not to even mention record companies.

But yeah, considering his reputation and his possible extradiction to US meaning he'd go behind bars for a very long time, I doubt it'll work out... But we can hope.

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[thelittlegumnut]

more and more of these threads seem to be popping up. what's going on with the internet nowadays... it's so less casual.

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[Radix865]

Originally Posted by thelittlegumnut

more and more of these threads seem to be popping up. what's going on with the internet nowadays... it's so less casual.

How old were you again?

Besides, I think you're using the word "casual" the wrong way here....

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[the_randomizer]

VPN, public library, everything must be done to not make it traceable. This is downright asinine (sodding jerk offs).

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[ElijahTW]

Originally Posted by ElijahTW

It's nice to see other countries being as absurd as the USA.

If the USA is gonna go to hell, the whole world might as well come along for the ride!

It sucks that 99% of decent music you can find is on major record labels (few exceptions).

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[Ahielia]

Originally Posted by ElijahTW

If the USA is gonna go to hell, the whole world might as well come along for the ride!

It sucks that 99% of decent music you can find is on major record labels (few exceptions).

99% of the decent music I find is more than 20 years old.

[ElijahTW]

Originally Posted by Ahielia

99% of the decent music I find is more than 20 years old.

Released on a major label, still copyrighted.

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[Radix865]

99% of the music I own, I didn't pay for!

But of course by no means am I implying of pirating them, just acquiring them for free through many, many legal ways...

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