Japan cracks down on online infringement
22 June 2009
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
Japan’s parliament has amended the country’s copyright law to allow search engines to store copies, make it easier to use orphan works and crack down on illegal downloaders
The House of Councillors, the upper house of Japan’s parliament, passed the amendments on June 12 and they are expected to come into force on January 1 next year.
Under Japan’s Copyright Act, it was technically illegal for search engines to store information on their servers.
Although this was never enforced, the legal uncertainty hampered the development of Japanese search engines. The amendments now allow search engines to operate and permit other forms of caching...
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