Comments on: Keidanren pushing for a relaxation of DTV copying restrictions http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/05/keidanren-pushing-for-a-relaxation-of-dtv-copying-restrictions.html A research blog tracking copyright related policy & technology developments in Japan. By Andreas Bovens. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:59:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: chosaq » Copy-once soon to be retired? http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/05/keidanren-pushing-for-a-relaxation-of-dtv-copying-restrictions.html/comment-page-1#comment-387 chosaq » Copy-once soon to be retired? Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:45:19 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/05/keidanren-pushing-for-a-relaxation-of-dtv-copying-restrictions.html#comment-387 [...] “[…] citing government sources […]”: it’s maybe necessary to point out that this is not an entirely unexpected move by the Japanese government. Back in December 2005 for instance, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) issued a report in which it suggested to rethink the whole copy-once system, something the broadcasters didn’t like. About two months ago, the Keidanren seemed to be on JEITA’s side about the copy-once issue, and announced it would start a committee investigating copy-once relaxation methods, while suggesting “[i]t may influence government discussions on the issue.” So probably, that’s what we see happening here &— to be honest, sooner than I expected. [...] [...] “[…] citing government sources […]”: it’s maybe necessary to point out that this is not an entirely unexpected move by the Japanese government. Back in December 2005 for instance, the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) issued a report in which it suggested to rethink the whole copy-once system, something the broadcasters didn’t like. About two months ago, the Keidanren seemed to be on JEITA’s side about the copy-once issue, and announced it would start a committee investigating copy-once relaxation methods, while suggesting “[i]t may influence government discussions on the issue.” So probably, that’s what we see happening here &— to be honest, sooner than I expected. [...]

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