A 28 year old
Swede prosecuted for sharing the movie Hip Hip Hora (The
Ketchup Effect) on the Direct Connect network was fined 16000 SEK (about
$2000) by Swedish court today. Screen shots taken by the anti-piracy group
Antipiratbyré¥n were used as part of the evidence in the trial. The 28 year old
man did however also confess that he had shared the movie during the police
interrogation but withdrew the confession in the trial.
Ironically the sentence could be positive news for Swedish file sharers because the Swedish police have no right to acquire data from ISPs unless the crime could lead to a probationary sentence or imprisonment. However, as this case only involved one movie there could be a more severe sentence if a person is prosecuted for sharing more than one movie.
From July 1st it's not only illegal to upload copyrighted
work in Sweden but it's also illegal to download copyrighted work.
Source: SVD
