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Crackdown on BT Users in Hong Kong

Posted by Zonk on 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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  1. TROLL! Can the MODS actually CHECK the claim? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    - greps article for the string "600"
    - finds nothing

  2. Dongers by lousyd · · Score: 0, Troll
    a fine of 50,000 Hong Kong dollars

    They're called "dongers". That's what my Chief Of the Boat told me.

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  3. Re:So... this is China sucking up to US Senators? by MissingIntellect · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sigh...I know it was a troll, but I still thought it was something worth pointing out. Stupid trolls.

  4. Re:I'm Spartacus! by saudadelinux · · Score: 0, Troll

    *cough* Tiananmen! *cough*

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