Hong Kong file sharer
p2p news / p2pnet: Apparently, in Hong Kong, “illegal file-sharing had fallen by 80%” since a man who ran a BitTorrent was found guilty of copyright infringement.
That is, of course, pure, unadulterated MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) hog-wash. But it’s being reported as fact by no less than the BBC, which goes on, “BitTorrent is widely used to trade material like TV shows and movies. It makes the sharing of material easy by breaking a file up into fragments and then distributing them.”
In “what is believed to be the first case involving BitTorrent file-sharing software,” Chan Nai-ming was found guilty of distributing elderly Hollywood movies Red Planet, Miss Congeniality and Daredevil.
He now faces up to four years’ jail and a “hefty fine,” adds the Beeb.
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See:-
BBC – BitTorrent user guilty of piracy, October 25, 2005
