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Winny P2P Software Creator Arrested

Posted by Hemos on from the cracking-down-on-the-software dept.

News for nerds writes "The author of Winny, the Japanese P2P software with encrypted networking capability, similar to Freenet, has been today officially arrested for abetment of copyright violation, after the raid in the last December. He started its development in May 2002 and occasionally appeared on the web forum 2ch with his anonymous codename "47", but today turned out to be an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Tokyo in his 30s. Winny was so efficient and popular that it generated problems even at the Japanese police and the GSDF. As the Japanese police is the most advanced among the world in pulling P2P into criminal cases, outcry of users in Japan is expected."

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  1. Oh no! by black+mariah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    We might actually have to go back to using Usenet and the streets of New York for our bootleg videos and music! How could we do that?

    Of all the good uses that are possible with P2P apps (how often do we see torrents of slashdotted videos?), how many here actually use them for anything BUT pirating movies/games/music/books (bitch about the use of the word pirate and I'll ignore you)? More importantly, since this is the geek-ass bastard capital of the net, how many NORMAL people use it for anything but pirating stuff?

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    1. Re:Oh no! by black+mariah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I didn't call for it either, retard. Are you the same dipshit from earlier? Seriously, take the classes. With help, a typical fuckmuffin like you could easily jump up into the "mildly retarded" bracket. Fuck off.

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  2. Re:humour? by Rolo+Tomasi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Best laugh I have had all week

    Where do you live, in Abu Ghraib? Seriously, that kinda stuff maybe is funny the first or second time, but the hundredth time it's just annoying. Like the other /. cliche "jokes" that are being perpetuated endlessly.

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