Copyright Arrest in Japan
Associated Press,
Wired News,
May 11, 2004
A Japanese professor who developed a file-sharing program called Winny was arrested "on suspicion of developing and offering free downloads" of copyrighted material. Isamu Kaneko, a 33-year-old assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, developed Winny in 2002. The software has become popular because it allows anonymous file sharing.
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