Someone forgot to translate at least one of the studies showing that filesharers buy more music into Japanese.

Someone forgot to translate at least one of the studies showing that filesharers buy more music into Japanese. Now they need to learn it the hard way...

Originally shared by Kristian Köhntopp

Suing your customers - not a good business plan for anyone.

»As of 1 October this year, knowingly downloading copyrighted music and video in Japan became punishable by up to two years in prison and a 2 million yen (US$25,000) penalty.
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Livedoor News reported yesterday that the results of a consumer survey show that more than 68% of respondents spend “0 yen” on music in an average month; the highest the figure has been in almost ten years.«

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