Larry Lessig reports that Japan's new copyright law, in addition to extending the term of movie copyrights from 50 to 70 years (Larry describes the impetus to do this as the "bogus harmonization argument"), will also presume that everyone is an infringer until proven innocent:
"Plaintiffs in lawsuits defending their copyrights often have difficulty submitting evidence that offenders have infringed upon their rights. So the government aims to shift the burden of proof to the defendants, requiring them to prove that they have produced and marketed their products without violating the plaintiffs' rights."
