p2pnet news | P2P:- The “huge amount of illegal file sharing which takes place in Sweden causes creators tremendous harm.”

That’s from corporate music industry lawyer Sara Lindbäck on a court case in which a 31-year-old man was accused of making some 4,500 music files and more than 30 films available online.

He was convicted of copyright infringement but given only a suspended sentence and fined the equivalent of 40 days’ pay.

He wasn’t jailed because the, “film and recording industries must also take some responsibility,” says The Local.

Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony BMG’s Piratbyrån lobbying group isn’t, apparently, impressed.

“The penalty is based on there being so many files to which this person shared, but with new file sharing programs you can’t see all the files that any one person decides to share,” The Local has said Piratbyrån’s Magnus Eriksson saying, adding:

“If the ruling has any affect at all, it will be that more people stop using the Direct Connect program.”

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The Local – Conviction in Swedish file sharing case, May 5, 2008

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