Hairbautt
01-09-2008, 11:06 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/Hairbautt/News%20Images/CourtRuling.jpg"A court case involving a man who allegedly made 23,000 music tracks and 30 movies available on file-sharing networks will go to a retrial. The outcome of the case could decide if, in the future, police are entitled to raid file-sharers homes in pursuit of evidence."
"According to a report in The Local, Sweden’s biggest court case against a single file-sharer has been ordered to a retrial.
A 31 year old man from Linköping, Sweden was initially charged with making 23,000 music tracks, 30 movies and an ‘educational item’ available for download. However, doubts surrounding Sweden’s Anti-Piracy Agency’s (APB) use of questionable investigative techniques forced the prosecutor to withdraw most of the charges, apart from those relating to the movies.
TorrentFreak spoke with Rick Falkvinge, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, who commented on the case: "The public prosecutor dropped the bulk of the charges but the record industry decided to pick up the dropped ball and press ahead as a private criminal charge (’enskilt åtal’), meaning they have to act as a prosecutor themselves before a judge and jury."
Speaking for the IFPI, Lars Gustafsson said: "We maintain that the technical evidence is sufficient. We have received an inquiry from the court if we would like to continue with the music file-sharing as its own indictment and we have said we would[.]"
The court did not feel the need to allow a judgement based on the reduced charges in the case of the movies, and ordered a retrial."
:source: Source: Full Article @ TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/swedens-biggest-file-sharing-case-goes-to-retrial-080108/)
:view: View: Swedish Politicians Strike Blows at Copyright Lobby (http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-politicians-strike-blows-at-copyright-lobby-080110/)
"According to a report in The Local, Sweden’s biggest court case against a single file-sharer has been ordered to a retrial.
A 31 year old man from Linköping, Sweden was initially charged with making 23,000 music tracks, 30 movies and an ‘educational item’ available for download. However, doubts surrounding Sweden’s Anti-Piracy Agency’s (APB) use of questionable investigative techniques forced the prosecutor to withdraw most of the charges, apart from those relating to the movies.
TorrentFreak spoke with Rick Falkvinge, leader of the Swedish Pirate Party, who commented on the case: "The public prosecutor dropped the bulk of the charges but the record industry decided to pick up the dropped ball and press ahead as a private criminal charge (’enskilt åtal’), meaning they have to act as a prosecutor themselves before a judge and jury."
Speaking for the IFPI, Lars Gustafsson said: "We maintain that the technical evidence is sufficient. We have received an inquiry from the court if we would like to continue with the music file-sharing as its own indictment and we have said we would[.]"
The court did not feel the need to allow a judgement based on the reduced charges in the case of the movies, and ordered a retrial."
:source: Source: Full Article @ TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/swedens-biggest-file-sharing-case-goes-to-retrial-080108/)
:view: View: Swedish Politicians Strike Blows at Copyright Lobby (http://torrentfreak.com/swedish-politicians-strike-blows-at-copyright-lobby-080110/)