warforpeace used our news submit to tell us
that although this is not file sharing punishment. We see that committing a
crime on the Internet has some very serious repercussions for being a scofflaw
in cyberspace. Here is what he read in a Romanian publication.
"Seems like in Romania authorities
take example from other countries, but they are so willing to get ahead that they absurdly increase the penalties. Seems like 1 year in prison for every minute of illegal activity is way too much. And to consider, raping someone in Romania leads to 7 years in jail, with the possibility to be set free in 3 and a half years. Something is rotten here. Here is the full article translated in English from Romanian:"
This Romanian law could be tougher than anywhere
else, e.g. in UK the maximum penalty for such an infraction is of 5 years behind
the bars. The american teenager Jefrey Lee Parson, arrested early September for
creating and distributing the MSBlast.B virus, which had infected 7000
computers, could receive a punishment of 10 years in jail and a $ 250,000 fine
if convicted. In the meanwhile, the original MSBlast author is at large,
possibly never get caught.
Source: smartnews.ro
