ATRL: Music News: Japan music industry has fought hard to limit digital music

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Music News: Japan music industry has fought hard to limit digital music Aug 14th 2012, 15:00 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fm20120809a1.html Quote: "The Japanese music industry has fought hard to limit growth of the digital-music business in order to protect the CD format, and has succeeded to the degree that Japan is now the largest seller of CDs in the world," notes an industry source who requested anonymity. "And it has one of the smallest digital businesses among major territories. (The industry) has succeeded in getting the digital market here to decrease in each of the last two years, while most other territories are increasing." Some of the biggest Japanese groups don't even sell digital in order to protect CD sales. and if you think SOPA is harsh. How about 2 years in prison for downloading a song illegally? and 10 years if you upload it. Quote: The stick comes in the form of the government's recent introduction of penalties of up to two years in prison or a fine of up to ¥2 million on anyone who knowingly downloads music and video files without rights-holders' permission. They come into effect Oct. 1 Unauthorized uploading of content is currently punishable by imprisonment of up to 10 years or a fine of up to ¥10 million. .

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