Osaka High Court rules in favour of P2P software creator

[Pranesh Prakash]

Dear all,
This seems to have been a very interesting case in which the decision of
the trial court to fine the creator of P2P software that allowed
anonymity to a tune of 1.5 million yen (~USD 17,000) was overturned by
the Osaka High Court.  Apparently, the trial court acknowledged the
technological neutrality of P2P software, but accepted the argument that
the strong anonymity that was built-in was to promote copyright
infringement.  The HC reversed that decision.

More details from the Mainichi Daily News: <http://tr.im/BaQ2>.

[snip]

"Merely being aware of the possibility that the software could be abused
does not constitute a crime of aiding violations of the law, and the
court cannot accept that the defendant supplied the software solely to
be used for copyright violations," Presiding Judge Masazo Ogura said.

[/snip]

Would anyone have more details about this case?

--
Pranesh Prakash
Programme Manager
Centre for Internet and Society
W: http://cis-india.org | T: [phone]



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