A 16yo kid from Stavanger, Norway gains unwanted notoriety by being the first in his country to be charged with illegal file-sharing.
Charged with illegally distributing copyirghted material on the internet, the 16yo boy faces a fine of $644 USD (4000 NOK) and a suspended 60 day jail sentence.
The parents face a potential six-figure fine for compensation to the music and film industry for the boys actions.
Apparently the 16yo is alledged to have been responsible for runing the DC Hub known as “Stavenger Dragon,” and overseeing the swapping of some 7,000 films, 150,000 songs, and 20,000 video clips.
“This boy must answer for his conscious actions. He was fully aware that this is illegal. The case is also a powerful signal to parents – they must pay more attention to what their children are doing,” Marte Thorsby of the recording industry organization IFPI told Dagbladet.
I wonder if they’ll consider the actual damages of his sharing or rather some sort of perceived damage as a party to piracy as a whole.
“We will calculate how much music and how many films were shared, how many copies are distributed and the value of this. We may demand compensation in a civil suit after the criminal case. It can quickly work out to a six-figure sum,” said lawyer Espen Tøndel.
Yet, if he merely oversaw the DC Hub, is he really to blame for each and every instance of piracy?
Many would be quick to say yes but, its sets a bad precednt if people are responsible for every action that occurs on their network. Certainly those individuals who actually contributed or received copyrighted material are also to blame are they not?
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They jail our P2P heros
Im not using DC but thats hard.
dc rocks.. this is not good
Notice how they go after UNDERAGE kids? They are doing this for effect. It is a war on the RIGHT to share INFORMATION. Get wise and share everything you own. They can not stop ALL of us. Only go after a few people for effect.
I am a DC user…it’s always sad to see a hub go because it’s more than a place to share a few files it’s a place to make firends form all around the world and be part of a real community where you can get the files you want.