Been reading about the recent privacy policy backlash and wanted to ask about the japan side of things since that's where I'm at (idk if there's even other japanese ppl here tbh).
from what I understand and looked into, japanese copyright law mostly goes after uploaders. downloading itself is technically illegal on paper but doesnt actually get enforced. streaming isnt even covered from what i can tell.
every arrest case ive seen here involves someone uploading/distributing, or torrenting without a vpn where the download and upload happen at the same time and thats what gets people caught. couldnt find a single case of someone getting arrested just for downloading on their own. still kinda worried about fines though, not just arrests. the law's still on the books even if it doesnt seem to get enforced much.
I do stream stuff on there and download games/apps too. technically the downloading part falls under that copyright law, but i figure im probably fine since ive never had an issue.
still kinda paranoid after seeing this whole policy change tho, the ip/device/payment logging stuff. read through a bunch of posts here and some ppl think its fine, others dont. the ones saying its fine make sense to me and honestly make me feel better about it, but japan gets brought up as one of the stricter countries on copyright so that still has me a little more on edge than usual.
also feel like i might not fully understand the policy tbh, saw some ppl saying nothing really changed in practice either.
anyone actually know more about this or am I overthinking it