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Hairbautt
10-09-2008, 10:40 PM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/picture.php?albumid=25&pictureid=2116"A man accused of being a music pirate has been cleared by a Danish court. The man denied the claims of the IFPI, based on his assertion that someone else must have accessed his wireless router to commit the infringements. This is the second major defeat for the IFPI in Denmark over the so-called 'wireless defense'."

"The music industry anti-piracy lobby IFPI has taken a severe beating in Denmark recently. In September the major Danish ISPs issued a joint statement rejecting the IFPI’s demands for a ‘3 strikes’ agreement aimed at ultimately disconnecting alleged pirates from the Internet, labeling it as a "contravention of the law". However, the defeats don’t end there.

The IFPI also accused two Danish women of being Internet pirates, after they claimed to have monitored illicit file-sharing activities on an IP address registered to one of them. The IFPI demanded $62,000 in compensation from the pair, stating that even if their Wi-Fi had been used without their knowledge, they are ultimately responsible for what happens on their Internet connection. Eventually a court ruled in favor of the women and acquitted them of all charges, much to the displeasure of the IFPI."

:source: Source: Full Article @ TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-loses-yet-again-in-p2p-wireless-defense-case-081007/)

turin
10-19-2008, 08:59 PM
This is good news, so far :-)
But we have to wait and see what happens at supreme court!