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60-Year-Old On Trial For Sharing 2,900 Songs Online

Yesterday we reported on the trial of a 15-year-old schoolboy from Sweden who was turned over to the police when his head teacher found movies on his hard drive.

Staying in Sweden, today we report on another file-sharing related trial, this time concerning someone old enough to be the 15-year-old’s grandfather.

In July 2009, the 60-year-old from Bälinge near Uppsala is said to have used Direct Connect to share around 2,900 songs.

This week he is on trial at the Uppsala District Court, a hearing which is being broadcast live by the youth division of the Pirate Party.

They are using Bambuser, a service which gained international exposure when it was used to transmit live video during the original Pirate Bay trial.

The 60-year-old man has reportedly admitted guilt, so this may well be an open and shut case.

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  • vera Lynn

    What else was he going to do during retirement. I guess you can teach old dogs new tricks.

    I wonder what the track list was like….

  • Henrik Eriksson

    This trial was yesterday (wednesday, 24:th of august). I havent yet seen any file of the broadcast, but it was an intresting thing to listen to, and I hope that it might get released as a stand alone file, like an MP3 or similar. There was also a facebook page setup by those in the chat in Bambuser during the broadcast to support the defendant; https://www.facebook.com/groups/240060192696206/

  • Anonymous

    tinyurl.com/2df4ccp

    • Anonymous

      Madshopper or some crap. Flagged for spam.

  • Brenty4110

    Such BS. Where’s the humanity??? We are locking people away from there lives just because they wanted to hear music. It’s inhumane and i’m hoping the human rights association eventually tries to help in these situations.

  • Anon

    My bum is on the Swedish, Swedish.

    • Anonymous

      I have no idea what you said.

      • Anon

        Tom Green: Bum-bum song, check youtube

        • Anonymous

          Oh. I remember seeing a clip of that on MTV years ago. Only part I remember is him sitting on a dude’s face and saying “my bum is on your lips”. Didn’t see it in the video on Youtube though. Perhaps my memory is faulty.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002639684444 Ryan Smith

    OMG! THEY KILLED MURLOK! YOU BASTARDS!

  • Guest

    I don’t get why they mention his age in the title.

    • Mysouce

      Same reason they point on anything unique about a person (transgender, homosexual, etc), its for ratings.

  • Anonymous

    tinyurl.com/429zubp

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  • Anonymous

    Ok, now that is jsut downright messed up man. the Kangaroo courts havbe lost their minds.

    anon-stuff.us.tc

  • Anonymous

    Ok, now that is jsut downright messed up man. the Kangaroo courts havbe lost their minds.

    anon-stuff.us.tc

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