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Hairbautt
02-21-2008, 12:52 PM
http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/picture.php?albumid=25&pictureid=209"Pirate-chasing lawyer Espen Tøndel has been told by the police that they will not spend their valuable resources chasing file-sharers. Undeterred, Tøndel wrote to the Department of Justice demanding a meeting about the police’s decision. They responded all right - and denied him a meeting."

"Today, Norway appears to be a much safer country for petty file sharers. The Hollywood lawyer Espen Tøndel has been told by Kripos (serious crime police) that they will not be spending time investigating small-time pirates.

Like many lawyers in the anti-piracy arena, Tøndel tries to blur civil and criminal law to obtain leverage. The police are clear - their priority is investigating real crimes, such as murder and robbery and sadly for him, file-sharing does not fall into those categories. Tøndel must now make his claims against alleged pirates in a civil court."

:source: Source: Full Article @ TorrentFreak (http://torrentfreak.com/norwegian-police-deal-massive-blow-to-mpaa-lawyer-080220/)