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."

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[ThanatosMinor]

Translations rock!

his judgment has confirmed that it commits a crime and violates copyright laws for the act of using (BitTorrent) software to upload and distribute

Bah! I was about to put a link to one of my favorite page with nonsensical translations but it has been fixed. Weak.

Re:Copyright law is a farce..

[jez9999]

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Atheism is not a religion, it is the absence of religion.
Agnosticism is the absence of decisiveness.

When you have zero evidence, lack of decisiveness is by far and away the most sensible response.