p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- “She [the queen of England] is a sovereign, so, she can continue abusing everyone else,” says a Reader’s Write to the p2pnet story wondering if music files US president Barack Obama gave to QEII as a prezzie had all the legacy copyright tidied up.

Like we wouldn’t want to see Queen Lizzie sued by  Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s BPI for owning “illegal” music files, or anything like that.

“Time to get rid of the Monarchy in Canada for good,” says the reader.

Good thing p2pnet isn’t published in Thailand or whoever posted that might well have ended up in jail, and me with him/her.

There, the Criminal Court sentenced 34-year-old Suwicha Thakho to 10 years for posting a picture deemed to be “insulting the monarchy on a website,” says The Nation.

Initially, he was sentenced to 20 years, “but the court commuted the jail term by half after he pleaded guilty,” says the story, adding,  “He was charged with violating Article 112 of the Criminal Code and violating the computer crime act.

“The man wept upon learning of his sentence.”

Suwicha Thakho was found guilty of violating cyber law and committing multiple instances of lese majeste, “or insulting the royal institution, by posting edited photos of His Majesty the King and Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on a website,” says Pattaya Daily News.

“It is a violation of Thai law to criticise the monarchy, less majeste, with such action being liable to three to15 years in prison,” it says.

JN

The Nation -  Man gets 10-year jail term for lese majesty, April 4, 2009
Pattaya Daily News -  Thai man sentenced to 10 years jail for insulting monarchy, April 4, 2009

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