Finland ‘Finreactor ‘ p2p cases
p2pnet.net News:- The first hearings in Finland’s largest P2P piracy case were made yesterday in the district court of Lahti, where two users distributed copyrighted movies, music, games and software via BitTorrent network, sharing their torrent links via site called Finreactor (back then, Finland’s largest BitTorrent and ed2k site).
The two men were among those who got singled out by media corporations as being “major contributors” when the Finreactor site was busted by Finnish police back in 2004.
Media corporations and software companies are seeking total damages worth 3.5 million euros (appx. $4.5 million) from the two users now in court.
The two users now facing court are just the tip of the iceberg in Finreactor case.
In other district courts across Finland, appx. 60 former users or operators of the site will face similar court cases brought against them. All of the people facing legal challenges against them, were, according to Finnish police, either administrators of the Finreactor site or people identified as the “first sources” of illegally distributed material.
dRD – AfterDawn
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