Japan May Make YouTube Illegal

[PingoBlack]

Japan wanted SOPA ... it failed.
The TPP is still moving slowly and at least New Zealnd will challenge it on basis of human rights.

So logical conclusion, do it on your own.

Poor Japanese sure don't seem to be as efficient at creating grassroots campaigns using social media. Sadly, for that very reason, they are now screwed.

 

[WaysideMaze]

Is this another attempt to increase birthrates? Like, maybe if they slowly ban everything on the internet they'll go outside, and maybe start fucking again.

 

[hentropy]

Is this another attempt to increase birthrates? Like, maybe if they slowly ban everything on the internet they'll go outside, and maybe start fucking again.

I know you probably meant that as a joke, but many Japanese do attribute the expansion of the Internet and popular culture to the decrease in births.

 

[Doom972]

I don't see how this is only a problem for otakus. Don't other japanese people use Youtube or similar sites? They may not be actively looking for copyrighted material, but they might watch copyrighted material without knowing it's copyrighted, which would result in people getting fined or even jailed for clicking on a link to a video.

 

[wooty]

Somewhere out there, in a large office building in California, theres a load of suits watching this process unfold and being extremely jealous of the situation.

Its only a matter of time before this kind of thing comes back to threaten the west too. I can't see this passing in either hemisphere, imagine the outcry......again.

 

[Antonio Torrente]

It's japan are we honestly surprised?

Yes...

Japan may be "weird" but would you suddenly expect Japan to effectively ban all Anime clips, tribute videos?
Didn't think so...

I hope this kind of stupid law will bite Japan in the ass.

It will.

Take away the Japanese peoples Anime and come next election the offending parties will sever win a seat ever again.

I don't want any ill things to happen to Japan since they already suffered that earthquake and nuclear plant accident but things like this it kinda pisses you off and if they law is passed, it will give justification for those assholes in the US congress to pursue another bullshit censorship law.

 

[Ickorus]

Tentacle rape: Good

Watching Youtube: BAAAAAAD

Japan clearly has it's priorities right.

 

[pointless vandalism]

Grumpy old men who cannot get it up need to fuck off. I am so sick of this, especially in the USA where I live.

 

[newwiseman]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's just one small part of a big conspiracy to force young Japanese to get off the internet. With the thought being that once their off the internet their young males will start making babies.

 

[Terminate421]

The problem is that there is not way in hell they could track down one guy who was seraching up a cat video on youtube in America.

 

[Cecilthedarkknight_234]

I love the article title but laws like these already exist in america as well. The DMCA that was passed in 2010 made it illegal to rip or by pass any copy protection on dvd/bluray/game disc even for personal use. These type of laws are impossible to enforce/monitor, however they exist now for tack on charges if you are caught illegally downloading/uploading copyrighted materials.

 

[Pedro The Hutt]

Grumpy old men who cannot get it up need to fuck off. I am so sick of this, especially in the USA where I live.

Well that's the problem, they can't. ;P

That said, this is some bad news. >.>;; Better start backing up all my favourite NND videos before they disappear.

 

[Varil]

More like it would make Youtube dangerous to surf. It's a little like hunting around on Piratebay. Sure, there's legal stuff there, but to be realistic a significant fraction is not.

Youtube isn't so bad, but you can still find clips from shows(or sometimes entire episodes if they haven't been annihilated via orbital death ray yet), copy-written(not the right "write/right", I know, but copy-righten looks stupid) music, video game footage...a million things that could be "interpreted" as copyright.

Honestly I'm just surprised that my own moronic government isn't the one spearheading the stupidity this time.

 

[Clearing the Eye]

Copyright laws are... tricky. Often bad, but always tricky.

 

[Cecilthedarkknight_234]

I may be missing something, but how does this make Youtube illegal? None of the three specific acts mentioned in the article as being illegalized apply to youtube.

it doesn't, it's just a headline to grab attention from people.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well there still Youku or whatever that Asian video search engine is called unless that website get effected too?

 

[Casual Shinji]

Looks to be a lot of fresh meat on its way to those Japanese prisons then.

Seriously, if only the otaku know about this, how many "normal" Japanese citizens are going to be caught off guard as soon as this law goes in effect?

 

[Nurb]

Japan: half-naked jailbait girls weilding guns the size of cars are fine, but youtube? Now that's just weird!

Copyright laws are... tricky. Often bad, but always tricky.

Ain't nothing tricky about companies paying government officials to pass laws