Recording Industry, Japanese Gov't Work To Break Your Mobile Phone If You Listen To Unauthorized Music www.techdirt.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 11 months ago

Recording Industry, Japanese Gov't Work To Break Your Mobile Phone If You Listen To Unauthorized Musicfrom the how-nice-of-them deptDetails are scarce, but apparently the system would consist of a central database which contains information about music which is authorized to be downloaded.
This system would be responsible for verifying that cellphone users weren't downloading illicit music.
But of course, simple warnings aren't enough for the music industry.
The report claims that the music capabilities of cellphones could be disabled for persistent infringers.
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