Japan prosecuting P2P developer

BoingBoing reader Bobcat says, "Apparently Japan is having their first trial where the creator of P2P file sharing software is being prosecuted because they say he knew 'it would facilitate Internet piracy.' The defendant, Isamu Kaneko, created the P2P program 'Winny' — which I've never heard of, personally. According to the article Winny 'allows users to swap files without revealing their IP addresses.' Link to news story.

Update: Joi Ito has more: Link