The Philippines Passes a Cybercrime Prevention Act that Makes SOPA Look Reasonable

[kazeyumi]

The dark days of SOPA and PIPA are behind the US, at least temporarily as copyright tycoons reground and restrategize, attempting to come up with measures that don’t cause the entire internet to shut down in protest.

But one country has already moved ahead with similar legislation. The government of the Philippines has passed the Cybercrime

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[13chapters]

Knowing what I do about the Philippine justice system (which is actually quite a bit) I'd be surprised if anyone was ever actually prosecuted under this law anyway.

[jenny_pop]

No more torrents then? And direct downloads?