Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Swedish Police Shoe Database May Tread On Copyright

Posted by timothy on from the heel-to-toe-heel-to-toe dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Swedish police, who have been instrumental in various raids against file-sharing sites, may have a bit of a piracy problem on their own hands. It seems they wanted to put together a database of shoe print information for matching crime scene shoe prints to particular shoe types. To do so, they used images found online, and some Swedish copyright experts have noted that this appears to violate Swedish copyright law. The police claim there's an exception for police investigations, but people (and some shoe companies) are pointing out that creating a database isn't about an investigation."

3 of 156 comments (clear)

  1. Sure it is! by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    The investigations are just hypothetical and in the future!

    Also, the NSA needs to spy on my phone conversations in case I ever become a terrorist. Which, I have to admit, is pretty good foresight on their part.

    --

    The enemies of Democracy are
  2. Re:Slender, not broad by treeves · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, it's gotta be a pretty small data set. I mean, how many different kinds of Swedish Police shoes can there be?

    --
    ...the future crusty old bastards are already drinking the Kool-Aid.
  3. Re:Witty title by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you enjoyed Swedish Police Shoe Database May Tread on Copyright you may also enjoy:

    Swedish Police Shoe Database Steps Over the Line
    Cops Heels, Won't Toe the Line
    Swedish Police Trample Copyright Law
    Police Shoe Database Doesn't Foot With Swedish Copyright Law
    Cops Caught, Read Footed