Two Swedes Got Fined for Sharing Files

Written by Ernesto on October 20, 2006 

Two Swedish Pirates were sentenced for sharing music and movies over the Internet. Both men were fined for infringing copyright, and were told to pay 80 days income.

One of the Pirates, a 44 year old man from Borås, was found guilty of sharing songs from Roxette, The Eurythmics, and two other bands. He is the first person in Sweden to be convicted for sharing music over the Internet.

Earlier this month a 29 year old man was fined $2200 for uploading a movie, but he was discharged by the appeal court because there was not enough evidence that the man actually uploaded the film from his computer.

It is unknown whether the convicted filesharers will appeal. They might have a case since these rulings often lack a sufficient amount of technical evidence.

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11 Responses

1 Oct 20, 2006 at 02:05 by Yatti

Worth an appeal.. Id say..

2 Oct 20, 2006 at 09:06 by Adam

Those swedes. Mash them up with carrots, I say.

3 Oct 20, 2006 at 11:05 by Buttweed

Mmmmmm….mashed carrots…

4 Oct 20, 2006 at 12:08 by Dr.Incredible

:) they must get rewarded for sharing music & movies…
I wanna thank both of them :)

5 Oct 20, 2006 at 14:10 by Daniel

Well, here in Sweden we have insurance for sharing files so these guys should be ok. You pay 19 USD a year and any fine will be covered. You can read more at http://www.tankafritt.nu …

6 Oct 20, 2006 at 14:39 by Rynicual

Lmao, mashed carrots.. :P

7 Oct 20, 2006 at 16:38 by SwedishGuy

Mmmmmm…Buttweed…

8 Oct 20, 2006 at 19:52 by Mick

[quote comment="16241"]Well, here in Sweden we have insurance for sharing files so these guys should be ok. You pay 19 USD a year and any fine will be covered. You can read more at http://www.tankafritt.nu …[/quote]

Nice….. but i dont read sweedish….

9 Oct 20, 2006 at 20:18 by Konnsky

How the hell did they caught them, e?

10 Oct 20, 2006 at 21:47 by Mephisto

They got caught for sharing recipes of Carrots with Buttweed (firstly)…

Gov agents got curious and started listening in to the Swedes swapping files and recipes with pen in hand. Gets all twisty after that. No comments by gov Agency as of yet.

Good news though: Readers Digest reports 4 new recipes from anonymous sources.

11 Oct 22, 2006 at 03:24 by CJ

heh, I’d like some filesharing insurance, and with a side of mashed carrots and buttweed too.

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