Winny (and subsequently Share / PD) were responsible for bringing a lot of japanese culture to the western world, whether that was legal or not (comiket scans..). It provided a great service before eventually being superseded, and i imagine certain rizon channels will black out their topic lines.

There's not much i can say to commemorate someone i've never met or had any interaction with, but even as people are born and die, i hope we forever keep the passion of using technology to take japanese culture throughout the world.