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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."

10 of 533 comments (clear)

  1. porn?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Holy Shit Man!

  2. Cool! by bplipschitz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I've been wanting to know how to run P2P apps in jail, so this tutorial ought to be instructive!

  3. Re:Email is copyrighted... by Random+Web+Developer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol

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  4. Re:Email is copyrighted... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BWHA AHAH AHAH AHHAHA !!!!!11111LOL !!!!!!11111 ROTFLMAO BWAHAH AHAH AHAHAH !!!!!!!!111111 IANAC HA AHAHAH HOO HOOOO HOOO HEEE HEEEE HEYYY HEYYYYY HO HO HO HU HUUUUUUUU !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!11111111 1111111111

    Obligatory Lameness Filter Text. Some junk ass text here to circumvent lameness filter. Yada yada yada. Some more shite. btw, ianac stands for i am not a comedian, which is in reference to the parent.

  5. Re:we should expect this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What? tHer;s a prevoew buttom>

  6. Re:Wrong by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Assuming you are the parent AC, your statement is irrelevant.

    Note I said all drug offenses.
    Note also that I did not say whether 1/2 the prison population in jail for all drug offenses is good or bad. I was merely refuting your(?) knee jerk statemnt of "vast majority in jail for pot".

  7. Re:I guess its time.... by chabotc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your "brother" ... right.

  8. Does Slashdot not support the Euro symbol? by Sn0wmanDG · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Euro symbol doesn't show up in the story on Slashdot story, but it does in the original post on The Register. I'm going to copy and paste it in from the orginal story to see if it works. Here it is:

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    1. Re:Does Slashdot not support the Euro symbol? by Sn0wmanDG · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Uh oh. Looks like it doesn't work. Since the Euro symbol is so new, it will probably be a while until everyone on the web supports it. But until then, good job Register!

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  9. MOD PARENT UP!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol

    +5 Insightful