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Norwegian Student Ordered to Pay for Hyperlinks to Music

Posted by michael on from the aiding-and-abetting dept.

Stephan writes "The AP reports that Norway's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a student whose Napster.no homepage (no relation to the U.S. Napster, apparently) had links to free Internet music files must compensate the music industry. The around 170 links to mp3s will cost its creator $15,900. In a summary of its ruling, the supreme court said the music was clearly published in violation of copyright law. An unofficial English translation of the Court of Appeal decision (earlier in the case) provided by the lawyer of the defendant and more information on the case can be found at the Links & Law Website."

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  1. To be fair by Spoonito · · Score: 5, Funny

    The song he hyperlinked was "bjorgen bjorgen fjorgen djorgen," which everyone knows is the best song on the album and the rest is just filler.

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  2. My neighbor... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    sings copyrighted music (usually the Brittany Spears classics) in the bathroom during the morning hours.

    Can we fine him for copyright infringement or have him put away for a while? Pretty please??

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  3. Re:apparantly he doesn't watch... by Spoonito · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Last night's episode on The Disney Channel, showed how our hero Kim resisted peer pressure to download music without paying for it."

    I didn't see it. Anyone have a torrent of it?

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  4. Re:apparantly he doesn't watch... by jephthah · · Score: 5, Funny

    yeah, lemme post a link for you. I have torrents of all the Disn