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I'm getting sick of all the copyright bashing. The situation here is that the CD was bundled with a magazine, thus making it part of profit even if the magazine would have fetched the same price without the program. If the program was given away free, then the JVSA wouldn't have a case, since it wouldn't have been for profit.
The Japanese Unfair Competition Prevention Law specifically mentions that selling software or devices that enable the ripping of copyrighted material is a criminal action from a long time ago, and recently was strengthened to allow for criminal penalties. This is going in the right direction, and I approve of this, For too long people have gotten away with actions that undermine the integrity of pure copying.
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