Crackdown on BT Users in Hong Kong

Posted by Zonk on Thursday April 28, 2005 @05:11AM from the it's-not-safe-to-breathe-anymore dept.

griffinn writes "100 BitTorrent users in Hong Kong are about to receive legal threats from the MPIA (Hong Kong's equivalent of the MPAA), BusinessWeek reports. The users were randomly selected from more than 6000 IP addresses collected by investigators. Customs officials are also following through on their previous arrest of a 38-year-old man who allegedly uploaded three movies." From the article: "If convicted, the suspect faces up to four years in prison and a fine of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars ($6,400) for every illegal copy."

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Re:Bloody typical by quax · 2005-04-28 05:43 · Score: 5, Informative

The article says:

Separately, a Hong Kong movie industry trade association said it plans to send letters to 100 BitTorrent users through their Internet service providers threatening legal action unless they stop using the software.

Apparently the Hong Kong movie industry does not bother to make the distinction either and the headline ins entirely justified.