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Two Swedes Got Fined for Sharing Files

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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  • Yatti

    Worth an appeal.. Id say..

  • Adam

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

  • Buttweed

    Mmmmmm….mashed carrots…

  • Dr.Incredible

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

  • 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

  • Rynicual

    Lmao, mashed carrots.. :P

  • SwedishGuy

    Mmmmmm…Buttweed…

  • 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….

  • Konnsky

    How the hell did they caught them, e?

  • 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.

  • CJ

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

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