In Sweden, a court case involving a man who had allegedly uploaded 23,000 music tracks and 30 movies to file sharing networks has gone to retrial. The decision in the case will have implications for the future of whether police can raid file sharer's homes in search of evidence.
The man, a 31 year old from Linköping, Sweden, was initially charged with making the music and movies available ... [ read the full article ]
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Even the Swedish politicians are speaking out about the media studios and their continual rhetoric! They may be able to control the American government but each country has its own laws and America needs to understand that they do not control global law, YET!
Originally posted by above link: Last week, seven Swedish MPs wrote to a prominent Swedish tabloid newspaper ?Expressen? to express their dissatisfaction with proposals for dealing with copyright infringers. Now, that number has increased to 13, and the issue seems to keep growing.
Initially, Karl Sigfrid, and 6 other MPs [Members of Parliament] wrote to Expressen (Swedish, English) to express their opposition to a plan proposed by Cecilia Renfors, a copyright analyst appointed by the Swedish government, in what Expressen called ?Seven MPs defy the party line: Legalizing file sharing is not just the best solution, but the only solution?. Her plan was that ISPs would close down the connections of filesharers, preventing them from participating in any further copyright infringement. The condemnation for this was broad-based, from the Data inspection Board, the Competition Authority, all the way to the Swedish court of Appeal.
The message from the Moderate Party MPs to their Antipiratbyrån supporting colleagues was ?be careful, they will never be satisfied?, drawing parallels to the earlier attempts to ban MP3 players, and VCRs, both areas in which, having failed to ban, industry groups are now making a profit from selling content.
