Straight from the “OMFGWTFBBQ” category, Japan is planning on rolling out a system some time in 2011 that will check the music files on your mobile phone, with a server located in some secret location that has 24/7 security courtesy of a group of specially trained ninjas, for pirated music. If the song doesn’t pass the “every time you pirate a song, Lars Ulrich cries in his sleep” test, your music doesn’t play. Scary shit when you think about it, and something that I’m sure will make young Japanese people want to buy handsets that they can modify.
[Via: Financial Times, Tech Dirt]