Where I live in Denmark (Fredericia to the Danes and those who know where that is) We are getting Fiber to Home which will give us pretty fast internet at fairly low prices considering the Danish Market.
1/1 Mbits for DKK 149 (USD 23,50)
10/10 MBits for DKK 299 (USD 47,00
20/20 MBits for DKK 599 (USD 74,00)
All a monthly fee
And we will get Voice over IP and Cable TV on the same fiber.
Customers are already being connected (although I am not sure at which speeds)
To many people, it has EVERYTHING to do with copying (or decoding and re-encoding to other media, distributing, etc).
Maybe so. But the same could be said about crowbars and Breaking&Entering.
The problem IMHO with using the laws in this way is that it is turning the burden of proof upside-down.
If it is made precedence, then anybody doing anything similar in the future would have to proove his innocense of having illegal plans. Which is near-impossible to do.
If this use of the law was turned to hardware stores (low-tech ones, selling screw-drivers, hammers, etc), then they could get slapped for (solicitating (hope it is spelled correctly) breaking'n'entering, murder and a host of other crimes.
The interesting part is that they are not trying the case on Intellectual Property issues.
I do not know Norwegian law and I am not a lawyer. But in my (lay) opinion, the defense should be able to refute the conviction unless the DA can prove intent of or soliciting of copyright infringement. Or if the DA can prove, that the defendant used DeCSS for copyright infringement.
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Where I live in Denmark (Fredericia to the Danes and those who know where that is) We are getting Fiber to Home which will give us pretty fast internet at fairly low prices considering the Danish Market. 1/1 Mbits for DKK 149 (USD 23,50) 10/10 MBits for DKK 299 (USD 47,00 20/20 MBits for DKK 599 (USD 74,00) All a monthly fee And we will get Voice over IP and Cable TV on the same fiber. Customers are already being connected (although I am not sure at which speeds)
Maybe so. But the same could be said about crowbars and Breaking&Entering.
The problem IMHO with using the laws in this way is that it is turning the burden of proof upside-down.
If it is made precedence, then anybody doing anything similar in the future would have to proove his innocense of having illegal plans. Which is near-impossible to do.
If this use of the law was turned to hardware stores (low-tech ones, selling screw-drivers, hammers, etc), then they could get slapped for (solicitating (hope it is spelled correctly) breaking'n'entering, murder and a host of other crimes.
The interesting part is that they are not trying the case on Intellectual Property issues.
I do not know Norwegian law and I am not a lawyer. But in my (lay) opinion, the defense should be able to refute the conviction unless the DA can prove intent of or soliciting of copyright infringement. Or if the DA can prove, that the defendant used DeCSS for copyright infringement.