<s>
is	O
the	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
P2P	O
application	O
being	O
developed	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
ファイル倉庫	O
,	O
a	O
pseudonym	O
translating	O
as	O
'	O
file	O
warehouse.	O
'	O
</s>
<s>
Share	O
was	O
developed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Winny	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Winny	B-Protocol
,	O
Share	O
functions	O
using	O
a	O
distributed	O
data	O
store	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
a	O
cache	B-General_Concept
with	O
each	O
computer	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
node	B-Protocol
in	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netagent	O
published	O
a	O
survey	O
in	O
June	O
2018	O
suggesting	O
that	O
Share	O
was	O
the	O
third	O
most	O
popular	O
p2p	O
network	O
in	O
Japan	O
after	O
Winny	B-Protocol
and	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
(	O
P2P	O
)	O
with	O
approximately	O
10,000	O
nodes	O
connecting	O
each	O
day	O
over	O
Golden	O
Week	O
,	O
down	O
from	O
30,000	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Share	O
's	O
logo	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
Laughing	O
Man	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
fictional	O
character	O
from	O
the	O
anime	O
series	O
Ghost	B-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Shell	I-Application
:	I-Application
Stand	I-Application
Alone	I-Application
Complex	I-Application
,	O
as	O
an	O
anonymous	O
hacker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
meantime	O
they	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
encrypted	O
form	O
in	O
a	O
"	B-General_Concept
Cache	I-General_Concept
"	I-General_Concept
folder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Share	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugins	B-Application
and	O
PDK	O
are	O
readily	O
available	O
through	O
the	O
Share	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PDK	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Delphi	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Winny	B-Protocol
,	O
Share	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
specify	O
up	O
to	O
255	O
Cluster	O
Keywords	O
,	O
though	O
only	O
5	O
can	O
be	O
active	O
at	O
once	O
(	O
Winny	B-Protocol
only	O
allowed	O
3	O
cluster	O
words	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
system	O
was	O
more	O
confusing	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Winny	B-Protocol
,	O
Share	O
uses	O
«	O
Trip	O
IDs	O
»	O
to	O
verify	O
the	O
identity	O
of	O
a	O
person	O
sharing	O
a	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
high	B-General_Concept
speed	I-General_Concept
Internet	I-General_Concept
is	O
more	O
readily	O
available	O
than	O
in	O
most	O
of	O
Western	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
the	O
minimum	O
upload	B-Application
and	O
download	O
limits	O
are	O
set	O
to	O
50	O
kB/s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
the	O
cache	B-General_Concept
system	O
can	O
use	O
around	O
4	O
GB	O
of	O
free	O
space	O
at	O
any	O
given	O
time	O
to	O
store	O
cached	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
closed	B-Application
source	I-Application
product	O
,	O
Share	O
partially	O
relies	O
on	O
security	O
through	O
obscurity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugin	B-Application
developers	O
have	O
tried	O
to	O
overcome	O
this	O
limitation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Winny	B-Protocol
,	O
Share	O
includes	O
an	O
option	O
for	O
language	O
localisation	O
changes	O
(	O
labeling	O
of	O
buttons	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
9	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
three	O
Japanese	O
people	O
aged	O
21	O
to	O
41	O
were	O
arrested	O
in	O
Kyoto	O
,	O
Japan	O
for	O
illegally	O
uploading	B-Application
copyrighted	O
files	O
with	O
Share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
November	O
2008	O
,	O
another	O
male	O
Share	O
user	O
was	O
arrested	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
illegally	O
uploading	B-Application
Japanese	O
TV	O
drama	O
with	O
Share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
12	O
February	O
2009	O
,	O
two	O
male	O
Share	O
users	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
arrested	O
on	O
charges	O
of	O
uploading	B-Application
Child	O
pornography	O
with	O
Share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
September	O
2009	O
,	O
multiple	O
Japanese	O
media	O
reported	O
that	O
two	O
men	O
were	O
arrested	O
for	O
uploading	B-Application
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
game	O
software	O
which	O
include	O
Square	O
Enix	O
's	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
IX	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
the	O
first	O
users	O
arrested	O
for	O
uploading	B-Application
DS	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
all	O
were	O
the	O
original	O
uploaders	B-Application
.	O
</s>
