The music industry's self made war against illegal
file-sharing continues. Today we can report once more about a punishment handed out this time to a French citizen, found guilty of copyright violations for sharing music on the Internet.
Alain Oddoz, a French teacher and one of approximately eight million French people who have downloaded music via the internet, is the first person in France to be sentenced because of illegal file-sharing. In addition to confiscating his computer system and the fact that he was arrested in August 2004 is he condemned to pay €10,200 and to take out a series of newspaper adverts to publicize the 'crime and punishment".
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Alain Oddoz, 28, was arrested on 18 August 2004 following an investigation into music-sharing information site France Barter by French law enforcement agencies. The teacher, one of 302 regular users of the site, was accused of sharing 30GB of music files, Le Monde reports.
The teacher will have to pay €3,000 now, with the rest deferred to a later date. The fine could have been much worse. Music industry representatives had asked the Pontoise court to impose a €28,366 fine.
"I do not have any idea how to pay - it is a sum which I do not have," Oddoz told the Court. |
File-sharing will never stop and the music industry will never cease with its actions against these activities. So you can be sure that you will read more news about this in the future.
However, it's always interesting to discuss the logic of such measures. The only thing that worries me is the impression that is left with the average Joe and to all the parents out there, towards the music industry when they take legal action against customers.
Read the full article over at The Register and feel free to visit our Music Downloads, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) & Legal Issues Forum if you want more information about file-sharing.
Source: The Register
