The anti-piracy measures progress towards the creation of a comprehensive package

■The anti-piracy measures progress towards the creation of a comprehensive package   This was the fourth session of the anti-piracy conference. The use of blocking in the U.K. and Germany, constitutional and copyright-law issues, technical issues, as well as measures apart from blocking such as filtering were discussed. Blocking in the U.K. operates through court orders based on copyright law. In Germany, blocking orders can be made by the supreme court. I have been told that the Munich district court has made judgments to acknowledge...

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The discussion regarding anti-piracy measures reaches the core

■The discussion regarding anti-piracy measures reaches the core   This was the third session of the conference to review anti-piracy measures. The agenda was the circulation of legitimate versions and a review of the related measures up to that point, as well as measures by various foreign countries. First, information on the status of existing measures was shared, such as police supervision, deletion requests, domain cessation requests, measures against advertisements, filtering, as well as education and awareness.  It was...

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Measures against piracy sites - measures other than blocking

■Measures against piracy sites - measures other than blocking          I will note down the situation of the anti-piracy conference.  Manga was the central issue, but the market structure varied depending on content type and genre. In 2016, electronic means occupied 35% of the market share for manga, while for anime the market structure was 19% transmission and 4% video. For music, 8% of the market share was transmission, while live music rose to 24%. In this situation, the question of how to deal with electronic...

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The start of the conference on anti-piracy measures

The start of the conference on anti-piracy measures              When the government’s conference on measures against piracy sites began, I was joint chairman. The government decided on emergency measures; while explaining the blocking as a form of “emergency evacuation”, it did not request implementation from ISPs. This gave rise to criticism and led to a lively discussion. After this, the situation changed, and designated sites such as Mangamura became almost unviewable. The situation settled down for...

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Why am I creating iU?

Why am I creating iU?        　The shortage of ICT talent has been complained about for over 30 years, but today there are cries of a lack of AI and IoT talent. Japan arrived late to ICT, and cannot afford to repeat the same mistake when it comes to AI and IoT. The fact that an organization is necessary that provides top-class talent does not require an explanation. 　Nonetheless, the establishment of iU is the establishment of a huge venture organization, and is challenging and full of risks. Why am I creating this by myself,...

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The iU Manifesto

The iU Manifesto  　iU is a new university that specializes in ICT. We are moving forward with a plan that did not previously exist in the world. 　There are things we have decided to do, and things we have decided to accept the challenge of attempting. I will list these things as our manifesto. １．To be actualized 　There are five things we will actualize. 1) A thorough education with ICT, business, and English 2) A pre-business university: internships for all students through collaboration with ICT businesses, as well as real projects 3)...

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The characteristics of iU, the ICT university

　In April 2020, in Tokyo, I set up iU and became the university president.   　http://www.i-u.ac.jp/ 　I will organize its characteåristics below. １　A foundation of ICT education 　The Japan Electronics College, which is run by the parent organization the Electronics Academy, has built a foundation in ICT education, which provides the warp of our university - such as programming and data processing - for close to 70 years. It has the trust and the track record of having turned out 110,000 people into the industry. ２　Platform 　Apart...

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I have started iU, an ICT university

　I have decided to create an ICT university. 　It will be based on ICT and use industry-academia collaboration to nurture talented people who will innovate. 　I will be the university president. 　It is known as iUniversity, or iU for short. 　http://www.i-u.ac.jp/ 　Using ICT as a base, this university will nurture talented people who will innovate. I will place the warp of ICT and the weft of creativity on the support of education, and use a project-based method to nurture talent based on collaboration with industry. 　ICT is the warp. 　We...

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