On May 9, the Kyoto Prefectural Police's High-Tech Crime Task Force arrested three individuals on suspicion of using the Share file-sharing software to distribute anime and other content on the Internet without the copyright holders' permission. The three suspects were company workers in their 20s to 40s from Kanagawa, Hiroshima, and other Japanese prefectures. Authorities searched the suspects' homes on the same day they were arrested.

Although other individuals have been charged with using other programs to share files without permission, these three were the first in Japan to have been arrested for allegedly using the Share file-sharing program. Authorities suspect that the three individuals shared Gundam anime (pictured at right) as well as programs from paid television channels.

The earlier Winny peer-to-peer file-sharing software was developed in 2002 by a then anonymous computer engineering student. The software promised anonymity for its users, but the High-Tech Crime Task Force found flaws in its integrated forum feature. After two users were arrested for sharing copyrighted material using Winny in 2003, the developer was identified as Isamu Kaneko of the University of Tokyo and also arrested. He was convicted and sentenced with a 1.5-million-yen (about US$12,000) fine. During Kaneko's arrest and trial, another anonymous developer created the Share program which promised better protection of users' anonymity on Winny's file-sharing network. Since security researchers also found flaws in Share in 2006, other successor applications are being developed.

Japan's Copyright Law prohibits unauthorized uploaders but expressly allows people to download for private use. The Japanese government is pushing for a ban on unauthorized downloads as well, despite receiving thousands of messages from citizens opposing the ban.

Source: Kyoto Shimbun

在日本，3个因通过share软件传播动画的人被逮捕了
5月9日，京都地方警察高科技犯罪特遣队逮捕了3个怀疑在因特网上未经版权持有者允许利用share文件共享软件发布动画和其他内容的人。3名嫌疑犯是20岁到40岁，来自神奈川，广岛和日本其他辖区的合伙工作者。他们在权威人士搜查他们房子的同一天被捕了。
虽然其他个人已经通过改变利用其他软件未经许可的分享文件，但在日本，这3人是第一次因使用share文件共享软件而被捕的人。权威人士怀疑这3人发布了来自付费电视频道的GUNDAM动画(右边的图片)和计划。
更早以前，在2002年，Winny这款P2P文件共享软件被一个在那时匿名的电脑工程研究者发布了。这款软件允许使用者匿名使用它，但是，高科技犯罪特遣队发现了它在综合论坛特征的漏洞。2003年，在2个因使用Winny软件传播有版权的素材的人被捕后，软件开发者被证明就是东京大学的イサム　カネコ并被逮捕了。他被判有罪并被判了150万日元（约美元12000）的罚款。在对カネコ的逮捕和审判期间，另一个匿名开发者创造一个允诺能在Winny的文件共享网络更好的保护匿名用户的软件share。之后，在2006年，安全研究员们也在share里发现了漏洞。其他后续的应用软件已经在被开发了。
日本版权法禁止未尽授权的上传，但也明确的允许人们下载为私用。尽管受到了上千的来自市民的反对禁令的信息，日本政X还是在奋力争取一个对未经授权下载的禁令。
来源：京都新聞

英文比日文好翻多了，还好给的不是日文，不然，翻得头大了，10分钟也就翻译一句

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