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The Japanese authorities seem to be taking a much harder line against piracy and anything that allows piracy to happen. Last week four journalists who work for publisher Sansai Books were arrested for violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act (UCPA). The UCPA recently got updated to state it was illegal to offer software or devices capable of circumventing DRM.

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