Japanese mobile music site admins arrested for infringement
Posted on 24 October 2008 by emily
In the US, the RIAA has a huge job on its hands policing people’s computer use, but the Recording Industry Association of Japan is far more concerned with mobile phones when it comes to copyright infringement. That’s because Japanese music lovers acquire new tunes on their handsets, not from their laptops. ars technica reports.
The RIAJ has announced that two men from Hyogo were taken into custody by police for running a mobile music download sites called “Daisan Sekai” (”The Third World”).
They had no license to offer their tracks, although it’s not clear from the announcement whether Daisan Sekai was a money-making venture or simply a file download hub.
The site attracted more than a million unique users and is regarded by the RIAJ as “one of the most popular illegal mobile music site[s]” in the country.
