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Japanese Developer Arrested for Making Filesharing Software

flufeemunk effluvia

22:32 / 24.08.04

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1105174.htm

Great. The RIAA just wont stop the rockin'.

Now, incrimination for being involved in development of said software is exceptionally scary, given its open source nature. Anyone who contributes to the project can now be arrested. (In Japan, anyway.)

Cloned Christ on a HoverDonkey

22:45 / 29.08.04

Crazy.

What next? Incarcerate Vint Serf for helping found the infrastructure these files were shared over? Just when you think reasoning couldn't get any more skewed, along comes a story like this.

specofdust

20:24 / 03.09.04

I think for everything I see like this I shall carry on not buying media for another year. I hope me not giving the BPO and RIAA type groups my money they will learn something, I doubt they will, but at least they won't have my money.

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