Sweden considers new copyright laws
p2pnet news | politics:- Sweden, once one of the most liberal of countries, is rapidly becoming a hard-core entertainment cartel business partner.
The home of The Pirate Bay indexing site, a principle target of the corporate entertainment industries, Sweden is seriously considering new laws which would give copyright holders access to the identities of anyone suspected of sharing copyrighted music and movies online.
“An appeals court last month upheld the country’s first conviction for sharing music files over the Internet without paying, backing a 2006 decision by a lower court to fine a 45-year-old Swede 20,000 Swedish crowns (1,475 pounds, $2,991),” for infringing four music files, says Reuters.
Now, “Sweden’s Justice Ministry on Monday proposed legislation that would allow copyright holders to find out the identity of those illegally sharing their music and movies over the Internet,” it says.
The implementation of any such laws would follow a vast and ongoing multi-billion-dollar international campaign to have copyright legislations rewritten to support consumer intimidation strategies.
Also See:
principle target – The Pirate Bay kiddie porn victory, July 9, 2007
Reuters – Swedish ministry proposes tougher file-sharing laws, July 9, 2007
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July 10th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
Sweden needs to fire it’s government, and replace it with one that actually acts in the interests of it’s people, rather than entertainment cartels and US government.