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Japanese P2P Users Arrested, Creator Targeted

Posted by simoniker on from the stomp-the-miscreants dept.

nutznboltz writes "According to a story on CNET Asia, two Japanese users of the Winny P2P application have been arrested for copyright violations, and the developer of the P2P software has also had his home searched by police. Winny was 'supposedly anonymous', and purported to be based on Freenet, although Freenet creator Ian Clarke is claiming that Winny is not really like Freenet, and that he's 'not concerned that the Japanese police have somehow found a way to compromise Freenet's security'."

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  1. This is an outrage! by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny

    This must stop! If this continues, the P2P world's supply of tentacle rape porn and mech video clips could dry up overnight!

    1. Re:This is an outrage! by JohnFluxx · · Score: 2, Funny

      where do I find tentacle rape mech video clips ? Sounds interesting

    2. Re:This is an outrage! by fenix+down · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Taiwan, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has sued three P2P users who are said to have shared files on the locally-popular Kuro and Ezpeer networks.

      Let this be a warning.... to you!

  2. Re:Piracy is a crime by Negatyfus · · Score: 2, Funny

    You just voice anti-Slashdot opinion somewhere else, mister! We have learned to like our daily share of "same story, different country" posts!

  3. Uh oh! by akura_au · · Score: 1, Funny
    ...while the teenager is being held for making the game Super Mario Advance available online.
    Better ditch that copy of Space Invaders while I can!!
  4. Re:Ever *truly* Anonymous? by tgt · · Score: 1, Funny

    I cannot see how a truly anonymous P2P network could ever be thought up.

    It's only a matter of what do you mean by truly. Same thing as always - how hard are you ready to work, how much time and money to spend to approach a given task. If it's anonymous to a degree that in order to find the originator you have to physically obtain 10 PC from 10 different countries and interrogate (beat up) their owners so that they tell you their passwords - is it TRULY anonymous or not ?

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  5. Hara-kiri Over Hanson!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Arrested!!!! Holy shit that could lead to Hara-kiri over Hanson.

  6. Re:Ever *truly* Anonymous? by Zog+The+Undeniable · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, the low-tech solution to being anonymous is to use someone else's poorly-secured WiFi gateway :-)

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