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File-sharing program developer

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2009 shows Isamu Kaneko, the developer of the widely used Winny file-sharing software. He died of illness on July 6, 2013, at a Tokyo hospital. He was 42.

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Winny software developer acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, the developer of the Winny file-sharing software program, speaks during a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 8, 2009, after the Osaka High Court acquitted him of copyright violation, reversing the initial guilty ruling by a lower court that imposed a 1.5 million yen fine.

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Winny software developer acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, the developer of the Winny file-sharing software program, shows the Japanese word for ''innocence'' during a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 8, 2009, after the Osaka High Court acquitted him of copyright violation, reversing the initial guilty ruling by a lower court that imposed a 1.5 million yen fine.

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Governors call for legislation favoring Ariake fisheries

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (C) meets with four prefectural governors -- Kumamoto Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani (L), Saga Gov. Isamu Imoto (2nd from L), Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (2nd from R) and Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko -- at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 18. The governors, whose prefectures are being affected by the poor ''nori'' seaweed harvest in the Ariake Sea, southwestern Japan, asked Takebe for legislation to conserve the area's ecology.

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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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Winny software developer found guilty of copyright violations

KYOTO, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, a former researcher at the University of Tokyo who developed the Winny anonymous file-sharing software program, speaks at a news conference in Kyoto on Dec. 13 after the Kyoto District Court found him guilty of assisting users to violate copyright through online peer-to-peer file exchanges and fined him 1.5 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Winny software developer found guilty of copyright violations

KYOTO, Japan - Isamu Kaneko (C), a former researcher at the University of Tokyo who developed the Winny anonymous file-sharing software program, speaks at a news conference in Kyoto on Dec. 13 after the Kyoto District Court found him guilty of assisting users to violate copyright through online peer-to-peer file exchanges and fined him 1.5 million yen. (Kyodo)

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Winny software developer pleads not guilty at appeals court

OSAKA, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, a former University of Tokyo researcher, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Jan. 19 after he pleaded not guilty at the Osaka High Court to abetting copyright violation by his developing and publicizing of the Winny file-sharing software program. (Kyodo)

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Winny software developer acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, the developer of the Winny file-sharing software program, speaks during a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 8, 2009, after the Osaka High Court acquitted him of copyright violation, reversing the initial guilty ruling by a lower court that imposed a 1.5 million yen fine. (Kyodo)

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Winny software developer acquitted

OSAKA, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, the developer of the Winny file-sharing software program, shows the Japanese word for ''innocence'' during a news conference in Osaka on Oct. 8, 2009, after the Osaka High Court acquitted him of copyright violation, reversing the initial guilty ruling by a lower court that imposed a 1.5 million yen fine. (Kyodo)

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Winny file-sharing software developer Kaneko

TOKYO, Japan - Isamu Kaneko, developer of the widely used Winny file-sharing software, attends a press conference in Tokyo on the night of Dec. 20, 2011, following the Supreme Court's announcement earlier in the day that it has upheld a high court decision that acquitted him of abetting illegal copying of movies, games and other content over the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Governors call for legislation favoring Ariake fisheries

TOKYO, Japan - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tsutomu Takebe (C) meets with four prefectural governors -- Kumamoto Gov. Yoshiko Shiotani (L), Saga Gov. Isamu Imoto (2nd from L), Fukuoka Gov. Wataru Aso (2nd from R) and Nagasaki Gov. Genjiro Kaneko -- at the farm ministry in Tokyo on May 18. The governors, whose prefectures are being affected by the poor ''nori'' seaweed harvest in the Ariake Sea, southwestern Japan, asked Takebe for legislation to conserve the area's ecology.