Japanese Prosecutors Still Want To Blame Developer Of File Sharing Program For Copyright Infringement By Users www.techdirt.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 8 months ago

Japanese Prosecutors Still Want To Blame Developer Of File Sharing Program For Copyright Infringement By Usersfrom the too-bad deptWe were happy earlier this month to learn that the Osaka High Court had overturned a lower court ruling , against the creator of the popular Japanese file sharing service, Winny.
The lower court had found the guy guilty of copyright infringement, despite having just developed the software, not having used it to infringe on copyrights.
The higher court got it right, recognizing that just because the softwarebe used for copyright infringement does not mean that the developer is automatically guilty of copyright infringement.
Unfortunately, Japanese prosecutors didn't recognize the common sense and basic logic of such a ruling and are now appealing the case to the Supreme Court in Japan.
Hopefully, the Supreme Court agrees with the Osaka high court, but either way, this seems like a massive waste of time and resources.