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Sweden to Give Courts New Power to Hunt IP Infringers

Posted by Zonk on from the unleash-the-p2p-sniffing-hounds dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The Swedish Culture & Justice ministers are preparing to give new power to Swedish courts to let them force ISPs to give up subscriber IPs. The end goal is trying subscribers in court for copyright infringement. As the one-time home of the Pirate Bay, which is now internationally distributed, they face both US pressure and push-back at home. The Swedish arm of the Pirate Party is calling this move a 'sanctioned blackmailing operation', but hopefully the Swedish courts won't allow the IFPI to use as many tricks as the RIAA has in US courts."

2 of 171 comments (clear)

  1. lol by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A "torrent" file does not a copyright infringement make.

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    Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
  2. Re:Illegal files? Illegitimate Requests! by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If you share a file for which you have NOT received authorization to do so in the form of a license, you are in fact participating in illegal file sharing.
    In some jurisdictions. Not all countries define this as illegal.