Japan Says No To PlayStation Network Restart

tekgoblin writes "Although Sony may be restoring services on the PlayStation Network around the world, one country has said 'No.' Japan has not yet given Sony approval to start up their online services, making the company wait until they have proven that they have taken the necessary measures to secure their network against another incident."

Bravo Japan!

[cpu6502]

A government that actually does its job (protect the citizens' rights). Good for them.

Kudos to Japan

[Hultis]

This is a very nice move by Japan - rather than bending their laws to maximize corporate profit, a disturbing trend, they do the absolute opposite and force Sony to take measures that protect customers (which will cost Sony quite a bit). Customers win, Sony loses. Excellent, they really deserved it!

Bedfellows

[Krazy Kanuck]

It says a lot when the country a company is headquartered in tells them their stuff stinks.

+1 Japan for asking what everyone else lacked the sense to question.

Sony is claiming this is voluntary...

[onlysolution]

Sony is saying that this is a voluntary effort to cooperate with Japanese authorities, as they are not actually legally obliged to wait for permission to restart their services in Asia.

However, it's worth pointing out that in Japan it is common to allow companies and individuals to take "voluntary" actions to save face or prevent a public appearance of contention. There is also generally a greater public expectation of privacy amongst the Japanese, so their regulators are more less amused with Sony than American authorities.

Make of Sony's voluntary claims what you will.

Re:Kudos to Japan

[LastGunslinger]

Your logic would imply slavery is fine so long as the business employing it makes money. Profits are neutral. The methods used to make them are not. Neither the consumer nor the worker should be harmed so the company can profit.

/. Hypocrisy?

[chemicaldave]

In one story we have commenters berating the US government for unveiling a "cybersecurity plan," and here we have them praising another government for ordering a private corporation from continuing operations.

What gives?

Re:Bravo Japan!

[somersault]

That's no excuse to be lazy about keeping up to date with patches, and apparently having no disaster recovery plan.

Re:Censorship

[obarthelemy]

censorship is about preventing speech because of its content, this is about preventing a database of personal and financial details from going online because its safety is dubious ?

Re:/. Hypocrisy?

[betterunixthanunix]

Perhaps because the Japanese government is pressuring Sony to do more to protect user data, whereas the US government is pushing for companies to make it easier to access that data.