Comments on: The Beatings Will Continue Until Copyright is Respected

By: Will Bueche

Will Bueche — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:47:00 +0000

Maybe they need to go further. For every song download, the RIAA will kill one Japanese citizen.

Remember the Twilight Zone-esque story in which a family is promised wealth if they press a button, but pressing the button will kill another family at random? And then they learn that every other family has also been given a button, and everyone is now living in terror? Everyone must hope and pray that everyone will abide by living in poverty and never press the button. Doesn’t that sound like the RIAA’s dream world?

When the RIAA dispatches its assasins, it could be you they kill. It could be your mother. It could be someone you’ve never met. The gamble, and the ethical dilemma, will be upon you every time you download a song.

By: tré

tré — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:25:00 +0000

”Why would they let their tax dollars be wasted on jailing people for such a petty offense?”

I think I hear the War on Some Drugs in the distance.

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:18:00 +0000

Yes, because we know that the best way to encourage people to buy stuff is to threaten, coerce and intimidate them, way to go.

By: B E Pratt

B E Pratt — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:46:00 +0000

If the past is any predictor, we can soon watch the sale of music in Japan take a nosedive. Way to shoot yourselves in your collective feet.

By: 〠

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:58:00 +0000

I heard the new law being discussed last night on TBS Radio’s Dig. Apparently it was passed in just a week with no substantial debate by a House of Councilors populated with a good number of former entertainment industry members. This law will benefit no one, entertainment conglomerates included, but a tough-on-crime attitude, the power of vested interests, and a relatively conformist IT culture made passing it a cinch.If there’s one thing to be said in the favor of the law it’s that people who “inadvertently” download files are not supposed to be prosecuted, but ultimately that too is a matter of prosecutorial discretion.

By: TefferMcG

TefferMcG — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:20:00 +0000

I suppose a prison term will allow them time to ‘grow up’

By: artbyjcm

artbyjcm — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:38:00 +0000

Why in the world is japan being so freaking over-the-top about this? The RIAJ just freaking owns the place?

For a single song? Will this stack for every song? Will a discography earn someone a life sentence?

Why would they let their tax dollars be wasted on jailing people for such a petty offense?

By: Jon_Wake

Jon_Wake — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:28:00 +0000

And Thingyverse is the equivalent to 9-11!

By: Robert Drop

Robert Drop — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Didn’t you know? Youtube is the equivalent of the holocaust!

By: Jon_Wake

Jon_Wake — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:50:00 +0000

Really? Really? Downloading Bieber is analogous to rape or murder. Fucking clown shoes.

By: travtastic

travtastic — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:19:00 +0000

Cory, I demand that every word here be a literal description of this article!

By: Stefan Jones

Stefan Jones — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:05:00 +0000

Spending on the incarceration of these IP-rights-flaunting scum may be just the stimulus needed to lift Japan out of its decades-long economic doldrums.

Not having them around to take care of their aging parents will also accelerate the development of elder-care-dispensing robots. Who can be repurposed as robot prison guards after “accidentally” offing slacking mamma-sans.

By: Adam Greenfield

Adam Greenfield — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:50:00 +0000

Where exactly are children mentioned in this article? Or beatings for that matter…

By: Andy Reimer

Andy Reimer — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:39:00 +0000

What happens if a million Japanese people turn themselves in?

By: JD Lasica

JD Lasica — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 21:22:00 +0000

Children are the future … of our inmate population.