Re: Virus Writer Arrested in Japan

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On Jan 24, 2008 5:02 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:

> Police in Kyoto have arrested three men, who are said to have been involved
> in a plot to infect users of the P2P file-sharing network Winny with a
> Trojan horse that displayed images of popular anime characters while wiping
> MP3 and movie files.

You forgot the best part: They cant be charged with the infections due
to non-existent legislation and can only be charged with copyright
violations due to the "popular anime" they used to spread the malware
:-)

-JP
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