Conviction of fine 67 million yen against copyright infringement "I uploaded a movie illegally"

ByM.a.r.c.

Five people were arrested as having illegally uploaded a movie to FC2 movie of video posting site,Conviction of everyone is confirmed by December 2013Did. The content of the ruling was a sentence of 1 year and 6 months imprisonment, 3 years to 4 years execution and a fine of 200,000 yen to 500,000 yen, but in Sweden there was about 67 million in a man arrested for uploading one movie The fine of the yen is punished.

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A 28-year-old man living in Sweden,BitTorrentIt is a compatible client and has been convicted of 160 million hours of community service activities with a fine of 4.3 million Skra (about 67 million yen) for copyright infringement that uploaded and shared a movie movie.

ByDer Wunderbare Mandarin

Swedish anti-copyright infringement / association claims that the man is "the worst copyright infringer in history", although the man is charged with sharing 517 other movies in this state, doing. However, organizations promoting copyright reform have criticized this sentence. Reform promotion senior officials said, "The copyright law is no longer outdated, considering the purpose of the copyright law that should originally allow the sharing of culture, the drastic reform of the copyright law is the prerequisite for copyright infringement It is the only way to proceed. "

This sentence is about criminal responsibility, and it is expected that the amount paid by the man will be even higher, due to civil compensation claims in the future.