Editing Share (P2P) (section)

==Legal issues==
On 9 May 2008, three Japanese people aged 21 to 41 were arrested in [[Kyoto]], Japan for illegally uploading copyrighted files with ''Share''. These were the first ''Share''-related cases in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2008/05/09/19490.html|title=京都府警、「Share」利用者3人を著作権法違反の疑いで逮捕|website=internet.watch.impress.co.jp}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2008/05/09/19494.html|title=「Share」での著作権侵害を初摘発、「コードギアス」などアップロード|website=internet.watch.impress.co.jp}}</ref> Nevertheless, a research showed that there was no significant drop of on-line ''Share'' users after these arrests.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2008/05/13/19534.html|title=「Share」ユーザー初摘発もノード数に大きな変化は見られず|website=internet.watch.impress.co.jp}}</ref>

On 27 November 2008, another male ''Share'' user was arrested in Japan for illegally uploading Japanese TV drama with ''Share''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2008/11/27/21681.html|title=＜この記事の掲載期間は終了しました＞|website=internet.watch.impress.co.jp}}</ref>

On 12 February 2009, two male ''Share'' users became the first to be arrested on charges of uploading [[Child pornography]] with ''Share''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2009/02/13/22430.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216155211/https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/news/2009/02/13/22430.html|archive-date=2009-02-16|title=＜この記事の掲載期間は終了しました＞}}</ref>

On 30 September 2009, multiple Japanese media reported that two men were arrested for uploading [[Nintendo DS]] game software which include [[Square Enix]]'s ''[[Dragon Quest IX]]''. They are the first users arrested for uploading DS games.<ref>
[http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4247077.html ネットにゲームソフト公開の疑いで逮捕（Japanese）]{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>
[http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0930/TKY200909300171.html ドラクエ9流出させた疑い、23歳を逮捕（Japanese）]</ref><ref>
[http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/090930/crm0909301219014-n1.htm 「ドラクエ」流出させた男らを逮捕 千葉（Japanese）] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001001402/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/crime/090930/crm0909301219014-n1.htm |date=2009-10-01 }}</ref>

On 30 November 2009, 10 Japanese men and 1 woman were arrested for sharing anime, music, movies, and games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-11-30/10-arrested-in-japan-for-uploading-via-share-program|title=11 Arrested in Japan for Uploading via Share Program (Update 3)|website=Anime News Network}}</ref> Not all were the original uploaders.

On 31 March 2010, 62-year-old Seiji Sato was spotted by a new p2p surveillance software for sharing ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' and other movies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gulli.com/|title=GULLI - kommt zurück! www.GULLI.com is coming home!}}</ref>

On 14 January 2011, 18 people were arrested for sharing movies, anime, music, games and software.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/news/|title=Press Release - 一般社団法人 日本レコード協会|website=www.riaj.or.jp}}</ref>

{{See also|Legal aspects of file sharing}}