The law goes into effect on Oct. 1, Japanese internet users who illegally download files will face a 2 year prison or a fine of up to 2 million yen ($25,700).
Actually downloading copyrighted material has been illegal since 2010 in Japan, but still doesn't have to take those heavy penalties, but if you upload, it is a far more worse penalties, which is 10 year prison and a 10 million yen ($128,400) fine.
The law was passed under influence of the Recording Industry Association of Japan, and they do some survey that in Japan, the ratio of people who do illegal download is 10 : 1, means every 10 people, there will be 1 person who download illegally.
Japan is one of the country who fight for anti piracy for a recent years, U.S. and Japan in 2006 created Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a international treaty designed to protect intellectual property rights.
The following month in June 2012, a group of masked activists associated wearing masks associated with the anonymous hacktivist movement staged a protest in Tokyo. About 80 participants picked up rubbish from the ground in the city's Shibuya shopping district for an hour to publicise their opposition to the plan.The Japan Federation of Bar Associations, a group representing legal professionals, also issued a statement saying the offence should have remained a civil, rather than criminal, matter.
There are many protests about the new laws not only in Japan, but also the other countries, like :
-The US put off votes on Sopa (Stop Online Piracy Act) and Pipa (Protect IP Act) in January 2012 after Wikipedia and thousands of other sites staged blackouts in protest.
-The European Parliament also voted to reject Acta (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) in July 2012 after opposition across the continent.
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