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BitTorrent Pirate Loses His Last Appeal
Vix666 writes with a link to a ZDNet article on the final chapter of a story we've discussed before: the first user convicted of piracy for using BitTorrent to download a movie has really, finally, lost his case. Chan Nai-ming was sentenced in November of 2005, lost an appeal in December of last year, and appears to have once again failed to convince a judge to let him out. "The Hong Kong government welcomed the judgment, saying it clarified the law regarding Internet piracy. 'This judgment has confirmed that it commits a crime and violates copyright laws for the act of using (BitTorrent) software to upload and distribute,' said customs official Tam Yiu-keung in a written statement. He added the judgment would have a deterrent effect, a view endorsed by industry watchdogs such as the Hong Kong branch of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry."
How about the death penalty for downloading mp3s? Also, we should definitely kill the family members of people that download movies illegally.
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aXXo is that u?
Please tell me your ok!
It means committing a crime in Hong Kong is now illegal.
Man, at first I read the end of the summary as "the International Federation of the Pornographic Industry".
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Well, somehow that would make sense as they are fu*%$ this guy.
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but it's plainly obvious what's going on when people distribute and download verbatim copies of full movies.
You don't have to use verbatim. There's memorex, imation, philips....
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