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Danish Anti-Piracy Organization Bills P2P Users

Posted by michael on from the junk-mail dept.

faaaz writes "The danish anti-piracy organisation Antipiratgruppen has billed approximately 150 p2p users an amount of up to $14,000 each for sharing copyrighted material. The organisation says 'Pay up, or we'll sue!'" There's also a Reuters article.

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  1. Ex-wife by johnraphone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sounds alot like my ex-wife.

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  2. Well at least... by blenderfish · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...now we know what Step 2 is.

    Step 3: Profit!

  3. Blank mp3s by Zemran · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think this is the most brilliant piece of marketting yet. First they jam up P2P with blank mp3s to put people off using P2P and then they send those people a bill for accepting the blank mp3. $10 for a loop of nothing?

    Do they have a copyright on the blank loop? If not I think I should hurry up and copyright it :)

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    1. Re:Blank mp3s by Jester99 · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's only copyrighted if it's 4:14 in length. :)

  4. Re:Isn't this what Slashdot has always wanted? by Omnifarious · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, I hope every single Danish citizen participates liberally in P2P file sharing networks. It'd be fun to watch the country dissolve into a police state in which normal human behavior is supressed so that a stupid obsolete law can be enforced by the state. It's wonderful to watch, really.

    Every time you remember a word you've read, you've violated copyright you know. We must extract those patterns from your brain cells after you've finished that book. Can't have you walking around with an illegal copy in your head.

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  5. Re:Good on them! by corby · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Jon Bon Jovi for the eyes and ears of P2P users. On top of that, it gives us a bad name.

    I hear you, dude. It's almost like Bon Jovi's been shot in the heart, and you're to blame.