It seems the Cartel are putting on the pressure in Japan, hardly suprising as Sony are a major member of the mafia style group.
http://www.p2pnet.net/story/15430Hollywood and the Big 4 record labels have ramped up pressure on Japan.
Now, bowing unashamedly to entertainment cartels demands, the country says it’s not only considering forcing ISPs to reveal the names of people who’ve used P2P applications, with Winny specifically named, to, “illegally exchange copyrighted movies and music,” but also to establish a system to, “make it easier for copyright associations to demand compensation from violators”.
The proposals come in a report from an advisory panel to the National Police Agency on, “copyright violation issues concerning the person-to-person file sharing software Winny
Japanese ISPs at the moment are required by law to, “protect the confidentiality of communications in line with the Constitution,” says the story.
As usual they seem to be going down a dead ally with all this talk of chasing Winny users, most Japanese users are moving to secure networks that will "never see the light of day" in response to this shouting from the rooftop activity by the lack-lustre monopolist groups, and the politicians whose pockets they line.
