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Italy Approves Jail for P2P Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-bully-for-them dept.

funkdid writes "Italy has made transferring content via the Internet without the permission of the copyright holder a criminal offence.Those found guilty of the unauthorised distribution of copyright material now face a fine of between 154 and 1032 ($185-1240), a jail sentence of between six months and three years, the confiscation of their hardware and software, and the revelation of their misdeeds in Italy's two national newspapers, La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera."

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  1. But officer... by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Italian parliament yesterday voted in favour of imposing jail sentences of up to three years on anyone caught uploading or downloading unauthorised copyright material to and from the Net.

    People don't download pirated music, computers download pirated music. Everybody calm down, unless you're routing packets by hand, you're safe.

  2. I guess you expect that... by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...with a Prime Minister who makes his money from media companies. Those corrupt Italians! Imagine something like that happened in the US. If the President or Vice President stood to make money from invading Iraq, say, there'd be a hue and cry about it and they'd have no chance of getting away with it.

    --
    Doesn't it make you feel good to know that our freedoms are protected by politicans, lawyers and journalists.
  3. I guess its time.... by AlexanderYoshi · · Score: 5, Funny
    I guess its time to tell my brother he has to delete all of that Italian porn from his computer, unless he can find those girl's written consent ;)

    -Alex

  4. Re:Publishing v. private communications by br0ck · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm going to change my name to a copyrighted haiku. Then the two Italian newspapers won't be able to publish my name online without facing criminal charges themselves. ;)