Two arrested in Sweden file sharing raid
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- With Sweden’s brand new anti-P2P, anti-file sharing, anti-consumer law only hours old, two men have already been arrested on suspicion of breaching copyright legislation.
IPRED, which demands ISPs reveal subscribers’ IP addresses to copyright holders when a court finds sufficient evidence of alleged illegal activity, has only just gone into effect in Sweden.
Swedish police, working as Hollywood copyright cops funded by Swedish taxpayers, arrested the men in in Skövde, says The Local, going on
Several other raids were also carried out in Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, says the story, going on:
“The two men who are both 29-years-old. Prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad confirmed that the men were suspected of decoding a large number of films and making them available over the internet.
“We are dealing with a large number of films that have been made available. I am not at liberty to divulge exactly how many,” Fredrik Ingblad said.
Ingblad was unwilling to comment on the specific role the two Swedes played in the network.
They’ll be ” interrogated” today and, “I will then decide whether they should be released or detained,” the story has Prosecutor Fredrik Ingblad — “one of two prosecutors who administer all the illegal file sharing cases in Sweden” — saying.
How effective has IPRED’s introduction been so?
Not very, says economist Tom Koltai in p2pnet.
IPRED – We don’t want a file sharing law, say Swedes, March 18, 2009
The Local – Two Swedes arrested in file sharing raid, April 3, 2009
p2pnet – Yesterday, Sweden’s IPRED. So?, April 3, 2009
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April 3rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Nice timing, for maximum press coverage, despite the fact this had nothing to do with the IPRED law.
This will still do nothing though.
When is a system for movies and TV going to exist like Spotify? Oh wait, it already does. It’s called Hulu and we can’t access it in the UK.
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Should arrest these two then. Like f**k they will.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/apr/03/queen-ipod-copyright
Funny though.
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Fascism, Oppression, and Corruption. Laws written by the copyright industry are illegitimate, and we the people should treat them as such. Laws only work when they are accepted by the majority.
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Sweden’s role as the file sharing haven of the world appears to be over.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Considering how important this issue is to much of the public in Sweden, I sincerely hope the current party isn’t looking to be reelected. If they are, then they’re just done the most helmet-wearing retarded thing possible.