Privacy Digest

Japanese ISPs To Cut Net Access For File Sharers - Via Slashdot: Your Rights Online:

modemac writes "Four major Japanese telecom organizations, which represent 'about 1,000 major and smaller' domestic ISPs, have agreed to forcibly cut the Internet connection of filesharers. They're specifically targeting users of the 'Winny' program, trading copied gaming software and music. The article states that a new set of ISP guidelines will be drawn up on how to cut off users who 'leak illegally copied material onto the Net.'"

(Read Original Article - Via Slashdot: Your Rights Online.)