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Sweden Bans Copyrighted Downloading

Posted by Zonk on from the a-less-friendly-EU dept.

Xiar Prime writes "Swedish lawmakers have made downloading of copyrighted material illegal, one day after an 11-nation piracy crackdown. Prior to the passing of the law, it was only illegal to provide copyrighted material, not download it." From the article: " The law was drawn up to bring Sweden into line with EU directives and is also part of a wider crackdown on net piracy. It comes a day after the US Attorney General's office announced an 11-nation operation to catch and shut down net piracy groups."

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  1. Re:This is a WASTE, unless... by Wile_E_Peyote · · Score: 0, Troll
    Seems the world is headed toward imprisoning people for stealing a SLICE of bread, much less the whole loaf. Les Miserables for the new generation...

    I would hardly equate pirating the latest music movie or game with stealing bread to sustain your life.

  2. Re:This is a WASTE, unless... by drsquare · · Score: 0, Troll

    People who steal physical things like that go to prison. People who download music just have to pay a fine. The fines need to be high to act as a deterrent. People think that because they commit crime behind a computer, and because it's so convenient, then they can get away with it. That attitude has to stop.