Music file illegal uploading, 5 -person inspection, and high school users in "μTorrent"

(2013/6/21 19:13)

The Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters Cyber Crime Countermeasures Division sent five men who have uploaded music files to the Osaka District Public Prosecutor's Office by Tuesday.The Japan Music Copyright Association (JASRAC) announced the day.

JASRAC was sued in March.μTorrent is one of the files shared software that uses Bittorrent communication protocols, and the more popular files are, the faster they are downloaded.This is the first time JASRAC has sued users who have abused Bittorren -based file sharing software.

The suspect are two part -time jobs living in Osaka (23 and 33 years old), two college students (both 21 years old), and one high school student (then 18 years old).It is said that it has infringed copyright (public transmission right) to upload music files of songs managed by JASRAC without permission and send them to an unspecified number of users.

JASRAC also mentions the flow of files in μTorrent and the problem of "reach sites" as a reference information.

In μTorrent, the location information (trent file) of the desired file is obtained from a website called "tracker site", and by executing it, the file is connected to the PC of the person who actually owns the file.Mechanism to obtainIt is said that the suspects were also accessing the tracker site first.

On the other hand, the operator of the tracker site is designed to make it easier for users to obtain trent files in files that users are looking for, such as providing search functions and organizing artists, genres, and rankings.

JASRAC explains that sites that collect link information for content, such as tracker sites, are called reach sites, and that there are many sites that can promote access to copyright infringement content and illegal downloads.Based on the fact that many reach site operators operate the site with advertising fees, measures are being considered at the government's Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters and the Cultural Cultural Council of Cultural Affairs.

(Shigeru Nagasawa)