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New Japanese Copyright Law Doesn’t Seem To Make Any Sense
- Ralith 14y agoSo you have to pay money to the Japanese RIAA for the priveledge of letting people download content you created from your own website? This is getting ridiculous.
- eru 14y agoWorks the same in Germany, if you are a member of the GEMA.
- bluesnowmonkey 14y agoOnly if you're Japanese. I don't see how I, as an American, am legally obligated to pay them in order to display that symbol on my website. And how would someone in Japan know whether the L Mark on my site is legit or not? Seems like a pretty big loophole.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoIt is so nice that Agency for Cultural Affairs tries to explain the law to public as if they tried it to make sense at least for themselves. "You can do this, but you can't do that". Russia here, and I can't imagine "authorities" explaining laws like this. They can't be bothered. They don't care already. They did when they signed it (did they?), but now they don't. You'll never hear any clarifications unless from court testing. The reason for bad laws is same, but the accompanying reactions are very different.
- tsotha 14y agoWell, if the Japanese copyright law doesn't make sense they'll fit right in with almost every other country.
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- derleth 14y agoIn practical terms, what avenues does Japanese law offer for challenging a law like this? Is this law likely to be overturned in a court decision?
- patdennis 14y agoThese Falkvinge posts irritate me because of their obvious political slant. Whether or not I agree with the slant is irrelevant - articles on this site are designed to reinforce an ideology, not to inform. It's on the same level as Breitbart.com or the Daily Kos. And if you're going to complain about how journalistic objectivity is impossible - I agree, but that doesn't mean objectivity isn't a valuable goal.