By Ken Y-N (
April 30, 2009 at 23:50)
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Japan does have the image of being a very law-abiding country, and this survey conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into portable audio players does reinforce that stereotype.
Demographics
Between the 16th and 20th of April 2009 1,056 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.8% in their twenties, 20.9% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties,15.6% in their fifties, and 12.1% aged sixty or older.
First of all, let me say that I am not clear on the finer details of Japanese copyright law, but in Q1SQ2 one might claim that copying from CD may be illegal, but assuming given the number of music rental shops that people copy from rented CDs, I believe the law does allow one to make copies, although I did read that it is supposed to be a degraded copy, so ripping to MP3 might be OK. Second of all, downloading other people’s illegally uploaded music is not illegal; it is only the uploading that falls foul of the law, although than might or might not change soon.
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By Ken Y-N (
May 30, 2008 at 22:45)
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Despite the recent survey showing a distinct lack of interest in podcasting, this survey reported on by japan.internet.com and conducted by JR Tokai Express Research Inc into portable digital audio players shows about 55% of Japanese own suitable players.
Demographics
On the 25th of May 2008 330 members of the JR Tokai Express Research monitor group employed in the private sector completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 72.1% of the sample were male, 13.0% were in their twenties, 40.0% in their thirties, 33.0% in their forties, 11.8% in their fifties, and 2.1% in their sixties.
I’ve got in the mood for using a portable player again, although my memories of the Sony hard disk Walkman that managed to lose track of most of my content twice is still fresh in my memory. However, I can’t be bothered with the hassle of it all, and I do remember that it made the train ride to work less fulfilling and more stressful. This could probably be accounted for by the player transporting me into my own private world, but due to train noises and other leakage of sound into my ears, I could never quite reach there. Despite someone standing over me right now waving a fan just at the edge of my vision with his incessant fap-fap-fap and occassional brushing of the fan against his suit, and another guy slurping from a smelly cardboard pack of one-cup sake, and a third with ciggie breath, I can cope better by facing it rather than trying to hide behind a wall of sound.
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