Swedish Man Convicted for Illegal-File Sharing
Date : 2008 05 06 Category : Web News
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31yo at the center of Sweden’s largest file-sharing case is given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay the equivalent of 40 days' wages, the Swedish news agency TT reported.
Yesterday 31yo Swede Andreas Karlsson was convicted in that country’s biggest file-sharing case to date. Linkoping District Court found him guilty of "making available" some 4,500 music files and more than 30 films available using Direct Connect type file-sharing software like KaZaA or Limewire.
He received a suspended prison sentence, a fine of around 54670 kronor ($10,000 USD), the equivalent of 40 days wages, and was also ordered to pay over $7,000 in court costs. Interestingly enough, the court refused to send the man to prison, arguing that the prevention of copyright infringement is “a task for the government” and not for the private business concerns whom initiated the case against him.