In a surprise decision, an Osaka court has found Isamu Kaneko, the creator of Japan’s hugely popular anonymous P2P file-sharing program Winny, innocent of all charges.
The 39-year-old computer scientist was initially accused of being an accomplice to the crimes of the users of his software, despite having no contact with them or any culpability other than being the developer of the software.
In 2006 he was found guilty of abetting copyright infringement and fined $15,000, with the prosecution seeking a year in prison.
However, he appealed the verdict, and the Osaka High Court finally reversed the previous decision and proclaimed him innocent. A presiding judge ruled that “merely being aware of the possible infringing uses does not constitute abetting the crimes.”
Although the logic of his prosecution would suggest that the likes of Microsoft should be held responsible for enabling criminal activity through the use of its Windows operating system, software which is found in the possession of most computer using criminals, most observers thought a guilty verdict a foregone conclusion.
Via Sankei.









|
Top 20 Hunkiest Pokemon
Wagamama High Spec Hot Indeed
Mayoiga Full of Mystery
The Empire of Corpses Gorily Grim
One Piece: Burning Blood Total Bikini Madness
Bakuon!! Wild & Rough
Milky Mimi Ero-Figure Deliciously Creamy
Dead or Alive Ero-SFM Doubly Dirty
Flying Witch “Cute But Boring…”
Phantasy Star Online 2 Phantastic: “What About the West!?”
Shounen Maid “A Fujoshi Delight”
Terra Formars Live Action Web Drama Announced
Dragon Quest Heroes II Quite Monstrous
KumaMiko Lovingly Innocent
Aqua Onahole Parody Hopefully Moist
A-Size Classmate Profusely Petite
One Day With Maria Raunchy & Romantic
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 Raises Its Voice
Hai-Furi in Troubled Waters
Kasumigaoka Utaha Cosplay Pretty Pure
Goddess of 2ch “Another Bathing Beauty!”
Tantalizing Hestia Cosplay Busts Out
Kashiwazaki Sena Cosplay Pure & Innocent
Minami Kotori Casino Girl Cosplay Takes No Chances
Shimakaze Cosplay by Ema Sakura
Harley Quinn Cosplay by Miyuko Colorfully Crazy
Sonico Ero-Cosplay by Yuka Hoshikage Super Sexy
Kasugano Sora Bunny Girl Cosplay Absolutely Admirable
Goddess of 2ch: “Barely Legal Beauty!”
All he did was create a tool. He cannot be held responsable for how people use this tool.
Troof
All I did was invent the nuclear bomb, I cannot be held responsible for why millions are dead!
In that case the responsable for the millions of dead is the jerk who pressed the launch button. Probably the president of USA.
Also truth.
Though your sarcastic attempt at phrasing this to sound like creating a tool is somehow the same act as using it gave me a nice laugh.
One person's human curiosity caused the invention of the bomb, but it takes another person's human curiosity to cause the use of the bomb.
It takes 2 to tango, as they say.
Also, the bomb is a tool that turns off human curiosity.
Seems like a fair, self-regulating system to me.
"but it takes another person's human curiosity to cause the use of the bomb"
That is not human curiosity, that is malicious intent. Its invention could pass as curiosity but its use cannot be forgiven...
Semantics, but I generally agree.
The only exception would be if they were using the bomb in a desert or some such for research purposes.
Though one would hope we've learned basically all there really is to learn already, and there no longer is any legitimate reason to set one of those things off.
-
Anyway, if someone did attempt to nuke some place, I get the feeling that this Isamu Kaneko character (the guy this article is about) would dress in spandex and fly halfway across the globe in an instant, grab the bomb by hand and launch it off into space for us.
Seriously, that guy looks like he gets shit done.
too bad had we not nuked Japan, they would have been invaded by both americans and the russians, millions of casualties one the allies side, and millions more casualties on the japanese side. Japan would have been split into a communist and non communist part ike germany, and anime and all these other japanese things you love today wouldnt be around
Just forget the "sides" and the "ifs", no mater who is the enemy, I (or most of the people) can't imagine myself giving the order to drop those bombs on all that people... what "would be" is by no means an excuse to this massacre.
You are comparing apples and oranges, using only the "tool" concept. On top of that, you are comparing an amoral computer programme with a weapon; one out of many, which suggests that the particular weapon was chosen more for shock effect than a logical comparison. Since sensationalism has now been revealed as the goal rather than a fair comparison, the arguement is false, illogical and specious.
BTW, if you refer to the nuclear weapons, your logic is doubly flawed:
-the weapon had only been used twice in the 65 years since its creation; how does this compare to blades, slug throwers, poison gas, etc.?
-whenever the weapon has been 'improved,' at least in modern times, it was either by detonating a real weapon underground or by using computer simulation. How often have the previous listed weapons 'improved' in computer simulation, rather than applying it to its intended victim?
-the weapon, in its two uses, resulted in the deaths of 120,000 humans (I will not go into future deaths due to ionization radiation). For only being used twice, that makes the weapon 'cleaner' that the incindiary bombings of Dresden, Coventry or Tokyo; whereas the death toll due to the above listed weapons has exceeded the millions in each category, with no sign of letting up.
And they say nuclear war would be (future indeterminate - could be - is better) unrestrained
a guy was bashed to death with a toaster, FUCK YOU TOASTER + GUY WHO CREATED TOASTERS!
All I did was rape a loli, I can't... oh shit!
"it can't be help" is the only reason and an end you can ever use for that scenario. NEVER. forget. that.
Anon :36 makes me lol.
All I did was to put in the word "paedophile" in the Oxford dictionary, I cannot be held responsible for why lolis are getting raeped
Correct, because in this scenario it is "it couldn't be helped."
Remember dynamite? It's was made for mining, and look what the military use it for.
Remember the military, it was made to protect citizens and look what the government use it for.
Remember the government, it was made to lead people and look what the politicians use it for.
Remember Sankaku, it was made to be a blog and look what Equality use it for.
Remember Equality Now? It was made to combat sexism but look at what women use it for.
ccccccombo breaker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WIN anon 20:01
All I did was invent the corndog, I cannot be held responsible for the delicious choking deaths.
Yeah 17:31 Anon, we should put the scientists who worked on the Manhattan project in jail! Whichever ones are still alive anyway.
Hurrrrrrrrrrrr
Why? They were too dumb to build the bomb, it was stolen from the nazis.
Oppenheimer ftw.
The person at fault is the one who USES the tool. If someone used a hammer to smash a guy's head in you arrest the man that used the hammer, not the one that made it.
GOOD. P2P is never wrong.
^QFT, mate. QFT... ^_^
「間違っていたのはP2Pじゃない、世界のほうだっ!!」
- ル〇-シュ(18歳・男・エリア11)
Rough TL: What's wrong is not the P2P (system), but the world's law.
You forgot the second part.
Rurushu(Lelouch) (18 Years Old. Area 11)
there never right or wrong, just thinking make it so
Correction there mate:
"It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
W.Shakespeare
from: Hamlet Act 2
Agreed. +9000
Could've sworn he was Chinese.
haha
He could be from anywhere, but I swear he IS NOT Asian...
well now isn't that obvious...
I'M ON TO YOU, MASTERINFAMOUS!
What's this? A court that makes a fair and logical decision? Why can't we get these in the US?
unpossible.
Do much corporate interest and money depended judges to get such fairness in the US.
Logic has a price in the US law system.
> A court that makes a fair and logical decision? Why can't we get these in the US?
> Why can't we get these in the US?
> US
You answered your own question.
EXACTLY AS PLANNED.
winrar
What happened to his left arm?
Hes been busy useing his own tool.
Banzai P2P share
Banzai!