Thursday, January 15, 2009
Due to the informal nature of this project, I did not provide the original texts I referred to while writing the blogs, as I intended to post them till the end of the blog. Matsuka, Mika. “匿名掲示板に名誉を毀損する書き込みがあり,それを掲示板管理人が削除しなかったことに違法性が認められ,慰謝料・損害賠償請求が認められた事件(2ちゃんねる対動物病院事件) : 東京地判平成14年6月26日判決” 広島大学マネジメント研究 (2005) Ishii, Shigeki. “「2ちゃんねる」事件(東京高判平成17.3.3) (特集 平成17年著作権重要判決紹介)” パテント (2006) Ikeba, Hidetoshi. “プロバイダー等の責任と情報発信者との関係 (特集 システムリスクと内部統制)” 法とコンピュータ […]
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
In the process of writing these blog posts, there are a few criterions which I have noticed which I believe should be considered when making legislation related to regulation of speech on the internet. My opinion is that the law should provide basic guideline and some concrete rules, but should allow each case to be […]
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Many cases have proven that the delete policy of 2ch is not adequate to its current situation, and does not fit the law. Examining past cases, I believe there are some factors that need to be taken into consideration when making a removal policy, which 2ch should have thought about. First, 2ch should consider the […]
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
However, it is this very statement that the court made which seems as if the judgment contradicts with the new law that was implemented. The new law makes it clear that unless there is enough evidence that makes it apparent that contents posted were infringing or defamatory, the service providers are not at all responsible […]
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A famous case in which a user requested a post be deleted, but went to court was in the “Tsumini-nureta-futari (the title of a manga)” case. In this case, the publishers of a magazine found that an interview that was published in their magazine had been posted on the internet by somebody. A user had […]
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Although the Japanese law has some similarity to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, in general, it seems that the Japanese version expects more from the “specific telecommunications service provider,” a term that refers to both the internet service providers (ISPs) and the provider of services (such as internet forums). That is, the […]
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Saturday, January 3, 2009
The latter (crime of aiding and abetting) crime is usually defined for people in a group who did not directly get involved in the actually crime, but helped the criminals by helping the criminals, providing weapons or goods to the criminal, keeping a look out for the criminals etc. […]
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008
There are only a few cases in which 2ch was held responsible for a post on the website, before the law regarding the responsibility of service providers took place in 2002. One case took place between 2ch and a veterinary hospital. The judgment to this case was given on June 26, 2002 at the Tokyo […]
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
The geeky culture of 2ch is also existent in how the website is administrated. Because the owner of the website is a single thirty year old man, it is far beyond his reach to make sure that the entire website is running properly. Instead, in 2ch, some people voluntarily play special roles within the community. […]
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
“2ch” has several characteristics which separate it from other internet forums. The first major difference is the broadness of the topics that it covers. It has countless “categories” which covers a broad topic, and each category is consisted of numerous “boards.” On each board a user can make a “thread,” in which the actual discussion […]
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