File-sharing software creator pleads not guilty to piracy

File-sharing software creator pleads not guilty to piracy

KYOTO, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, creator of a program for anonymous file-sharing over the Internet, enters the Kyoto District Court building Sept. 1 for his first court hearing on a charge of developing the Winny peer-to-peer file-sharing program knowing it would facilitate Internet piracy. He later pleaded not guilty to the charge. Kaneko, 34, is the first person in Japan to stand trial for creating software that can be used for the unauthorized reproduction of movies and video games over the Internet. (Kyodo)

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