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Can watching YouTube be the basis for arrest under the Copyright Act?

Nishimura & Asahi
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Japan December 17 2012

On June 20 2012 the Diet passed a bill to amend the Copyright Act containing a provision on penalising illegal downloading. Somewhat surprisingly, this bill was passed quickly without substantive discussion, despite its controversial content.

Nishimura & Asahi -
Hitomi Iwase and Yoko Kasai

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