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Re:Japan to criminalize DVD ripping and breaking DRM even fo... by MikeW on Friday December 03, 2010 @11:04PM (#1968459)
I haven't been able to find any English language reporting of the proposed update to their copyright law yet but Google translate has done a terrific job at it!

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&u=...

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Re:Japan to criminalize DVD ripping and breaking DRM even fo... by aaronbrethorst on Saturday December 04, 2010 @05:10AM (#1968959)
> Japan on March 3, sources said.

That is some terrific reporting, right there.

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Re:Japan to criminalize DVD ripping and breaking DRM even fo... by patio11 on Saturday December 04, 2010 @10:08AM (#1969328)
The Japanese actually reads "The Agency for Cultural Affairs announced the change in policy on [December] 3rd."
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Re:Japan to criminalize DVD ripping and breaking DRM even fo... by palish on Saturday December 04, 2010 @02:51AM (#1968828)
Wow. Yes, it has.
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