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First Swede Convicted For File-Sharing Now Cleared

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the search-me dept.

Caine writes, "A 29-year old Swede, who was the first to be convicted under last year's new file-sharing laws, has been cleared on appeal. The court of appeal did not consider the screen dumps provided by the Antipiracy Bureau enough evidence to be able to convict the man. Since the crime does not carry a high enough punishment under Swedish law to allow for a search of the defendant's house, this means it will be virtually impossible to prove file-sharing crimes in the future."

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  1. you get what you pay for by Phantom+of+the+Opera · · Score: 0, Redundant

    nuff said

  2. The real crime is.... by budword · · Score: 1, Redundant

    That the police and courts, in Sweden or the USA waste their time on this shit at all. They could take all that extra time they have on their hands and follow around some sex offenders, or do some real police work, instead of wasting everyones time protecting winnie the poo's trademark or metalica's artistic works. I am looking into moving soon....maybe Sweden will get a look see....