Quote: There are four major ISP organizations in Japan made up of 1000+ ISPs and they have all come to an agreement that they aren’t going to stand for any piracy in their country. They are banning all illegal file sharing by committing to shut down anyone caught using file sharing to infringe on copyrights. “The agreement would see copyright holders tracking down file-sharers on the Internet using “special detection software” and then notifying ISPs of alleged infringers. ISPs would first send out emailed warnings to those traced, then interrupt the Internet connection if action to cease the activity isn’t taken. For persistent breaches, the ISP would ultimately terminate the accounts of its subscribers.” There is some possibility that the ISPs will be unable to follow through with this method of cracking down on computer crime because of the privacy violations that the tracking software might cause. A panel will be put in place next month to better outline the details of the plan. Source