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5-Year Suspended Sentence For S. Africa's First Online Pirate

Posted by timothy on from the comparative-justice dept.

An anonymous reader writes "South Africa's first prosecution for online piracy was concluded this morning, with a five-year, wholly suspended sentence handed down to a filesharer who uploaded local movie Four Corners to The Pirate Bay. The man — who lost his job recently — said he's relieved by the verdict, which was the result of a plea bargain. Director Ian Gabriel, who made the film, recently said he was 'philosophical' about piracy."

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  1. Bad Summary by niftydude · · Score: 5, Informative

    No one has ever uploaded a movie to The Pirate Bay. That is not how torrents work.

    TFA correctly states what the defendant did, so why is the summary for Slashdot, the supposed "news for nerds" site, dumbed down?

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