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Winny P2P Software Creator Arrested
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."
Should be arrested for naming it whinny.
You know you were thinking the same thing.
Winny developer to arrest the Kyoto headquarters of police, 30 generation Tokyo University assistant domestic beginnings
Assuming that file sharing software "Winny" of the personal computer which exchanges the data of the popularity movie and hit tune etc. () by the fact that it develops, the illegal copy of the movie and music was made easy the Kyoto headquarters of police high-tech crime measure room and five provision stations, in doubt of the Copyright Act violation one help, requested option accompanying from Tokyo large assistant of 30 generations of the Tokyo residence even in 10th morning, set the policy of arresting. As for , being free on Internet, the program software which is open. As for questioning the software developer to "the one help" of the Copyright Act violation the domestic beginning. Stand case in the criminal incident of the joint ownership software developer almost there is no example even in the foreign country.
When the infringement of copyright which worldwide used the file sharing software has swaggered although you feel concern the administration of justice judgement even internationally for the illegal characteristic of the file sharing software has divided, it may call discussion centering on propriety.
That the file sharing software where with investigation of prefecture police/policing, as for Tokyo University assistant, anonymous characteristic is higher than past, is difficult to be exposed by the police opening will be sent plan. The major bulletin board of Internet with "2 don't you think? as development program is announced the ", 2002 May, it released the software of to itself home page. Using , as for Tokyo University assistant with no permission, the doubt which makes exchanging the data which infringes the copyright of the movie and the game etc. easy has in the literary work authority e.g., the salesman of Gunma prefecture (41) the inside = and others of the trial releases the data of the popularity movie to the many and unspecified persons person illegal with crime of = Copyright Act violation.
In addition, as for prefecture police/policing the policy of starting the forcing investigation of several places such as Tokyo University graduate school information science and engineering type postgraduate course even on the 10th.
Tokyo University assistant is special information processing engineering. It is called "47 people" with the net bulletin board, "the file sharing software which gradually can actualize anonymous characteristic appears and does not change the concept regarding present copyright the expectation which is stopped obtaining. It probably is about to try boosting the flow by your?", and so on with, development intention of had been explained.
* Infringement of copyright, the judgement which cracks internationally
The kitchen knife also and, can also be able cut the vegetable damage the person. Those where you accuse of a crime to the person are just the execution doer who kills and wounds. The handgun the person other than killing and wounding, in Japan the possession and production is prohibited with purpose. The Kyoto headquarters of police this time, the developer of the communication software, as for with "one help" of the Copyright Act violation it finishes stepping on in stand case, in the same software net society, it is equal to the development "of the handgun", that you probably can say that it judged.
As for , as for the data which is exchanged the necessity for the user to register to the provider without, it is entirely encoded. As for the prefecture police/policing high-tech investigation room, Tokyo large assistant who was developed the major bulletin board of Internet to "2 don't you think? from the speech
IANAL but I think that a very common form of punishment in Japan is to force people to sign up for japanese gameshows.
Anyone who has seen just glimpse of those should get my point...
Not Buzzword 2.0 compliant. Please speak english.
That's all he needs to say and he'll make himself rich by selling it. Well, at least rich enough to pay a good lawyer.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
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?
Easy. We could go to the streets of New York to download The Gangs of New York.
Alternatively, we could go to the gangs of New York to download The Streets of New York.
Aw, c'mon.. you gotta admit, "Winny developer to arrest the Kyoto headquarters of police" is a heck of a lot funnier than what actually happened.
Thanks, it's good to see someone else who found the machine "translation" more amusing and interesting than yet another 'shocking news: people are cracking down on piracy any way they can'. *yawn*. I've heard it a lot lately to be honest.
I particularly liked the line
> The kitchen knife also and, can also be able cut the vegetable damage the person.
Not sure that they would find it all that funny in Abu Ghraib though, poor buggers.
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
-- Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
It's funny in polish language "winny" means guilty :D
Why is this moderated as informative?
10th day of the month. Even number userid. Post has 245 characters, starts with a vowel and ends with a consonant.
He is asking a question!!!
Doesn't mention that in the modding tables I use. Are you sure you've got the latest ones?
The real Ralph Yarro posts as Anonymous Coward. Anyone else is an impostor.
"but in Japan, posession or production of items is prohibited when it is known they will be used for illegal purposes."
So why not apply the same principles to Microsoft Windows, which is designed to enable the spread of illegal viruses?
This disturbs me for one very obvious reason.
BytesTemplar.com
You just used "download" as a synonym for "illegally obtain". We have a job offer for you, please send your CV/resume immediately.
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the Record Industry Association of America.
Free as in mason.
What is the highest source of traffic through tcp/ip?
Porn.
STOP MISUSING APOSTROPHES, YOU MORONS!!!