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P2P software developer busted
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 03:58:36 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: IKEDA Nobuo <ikedanob () db3 so-net ne jp> Date: May 10, 2004 3:27:40 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: [IP] P2P software developer busted This would be the first case in the world in which a developer of P2P software was arrested for "abetting" copyright violation.> A Tokyo University assistant researcher who developed the controversial
> Winny [P2P] program has been arrested for breaking copyright laws, > police said. >> The 33-year-old academic, Isamu Kaneko, was arrested Monday for abetting
> the violation of the Copyright Law by the creation of the software. >> Kaneko, one of the world's first developers of file-sharing software to
> be arrested, admits to the allegations. > Kaneko used Ni Chaneru [Channel 2], Japan's biggest online bulletin > board, to announce in April 2002 that he had developed shareware that > gave users a thicker veil of secrecy, then set up a website the > following month where people could download Winny for free. http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040510p2a00m0dm003000c.html --- Ikeda, Nobuo GLOCOM, International University of Japan ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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