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p2pnet.net News:- The first man in Sweden to be charged with file-sharing has been acquitted.
From Västerås in central Sweden, he allegedly distributed the Swedish film Hip Hip Hora online, says The Local. But, “The Court of Appeal decided that it does not have sufficient proof that the film was uploaded from the man’s computer,” says the story.
“The lack of technical evidence has led the court to acquit the defendant of the charge of breach of copyright.”
An earlier story from The Local stressed the case was based almost entirely on evidence from MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) enforcer Antipiratbyrå, (APB) which, “accessed a local network with the DC programme and found Hip Hip Hora available, recorded the distributor’s IP address and reported him to the police. The police turned to the internet service provider Bredbandsbolaget, which was able to confirm that the IP address belonged to the Västerås man.”
And as p2pnet pointed out one year back, Antipiratbyrån was caught red-handed using a paid informer in an attack on Swedish ISP Bahnhof.
Sweden’s Arga Unga Hackare (Angry Young Hackers) returned the favour and Pontén and his friends at the MPAA saw their fulsome emails to each other splashed online.
Västmanland District Court had initially fined the defendant 16,000 kronor, says The Local going on, “This ruling will make it difficult for the film industry and other interest groups to pursue the issue in the courts.
The Pirate Party’s Christian Engström told The Local, “It is obviously good that the court is careful with its evidence and it is important that the lower courts take note of that. But the judgment doesn’t really mean much for file sharing as such. And our basic point is of course that it is absurd that someone should even be tried for making culture available to others.”
(Thanks, Alexander)
Also See:
The Local - Appeal court clears man of file sharing, October 2, 2006
pointed out - Swedish file share farce, October 12, 2005
paid informer - Will Bahnof sue Antipiratbyran?, March 30, 2005
fulsome emails - Swedish anti-p2p site hacked: more, March 15, 2005
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October 2nd, 2006 at 6:43 pm
For real evidence that should make videos of the criminal purchasing blank cds. That would be real proof of piracy. And they should arrest the inducers too, the cd makers.