Busted! P2P developer arrested.

!!! · #1 (**permalink**) May 9th, 2004

47-shi, the developer of Winny, was arrested on 5-10-2004. So the question of the week is: should p2p development be legal??? (or is it?)

stief · #2 (**permalink**) May 10th, 2004

Sounds bad, but a quick google of the news gives a different picture.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winny , and ABC News Australia, the developer was arrested for "suspected conspiracy to commit copyright violation." http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1105174.htm

So, looks like p2p development is still as legal as http development, and they got him on a different matter.

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