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First Swede Prosecuted For File Sharing
praps writes "The Local reports that a 27-year old man who allowed people to download a film from his PC has become the first Swede to be charged with illegal file sharing, after a tip-off from the country's notorious Anti-Piracy Bureau. It's a critical test case, as prosecutors say that anything less than a prison sentence would make future prosecutions unlikely." From the article: "The case was brought after a tip off from Antipiratbyrån (APB), a lobby organization set up by the media industry to combat illegal downloading in Sweden. Since the man was reported APB has found itself in hot water, with an Internet company accusing the organization itself of illegally downloading films and games.
It's times like these, where I wanna get up in front of the world and tell everyone how proud I am to be Canadian. Where our judges get it. Wanna know how proud I am? Check this out
DarkMantle I been bored, so I started a blog.
Would you agree that the second is of a lesser degree.
This is the classic Robin Hood defense, and under American law, essentially worthless in court.
It's "Godwin", not "Goodwin". That being said, maybe you should read Godwin's law before trying to invoke it; outside of the fact that the law itself only talks about the probability of comparisons involving nazis, one only loses an argument by means of Godwin's law when a comparison between nazis and those on the other side of the discussion is made (which is what the law itself talks about, too). Saying something like "being interested in the happenings in the Third Reich does not make me a nazi" (which is what I did) does not even fall under Godwin's law. That being said, even if it did, you can't intentionally use Godwin to end a discussion - look up "Quirk's exception", which states that "intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual." So there.
quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.